The Jim Crow laws BY ANGELINA AUBREY KIM

The Jim Crow laws BY: ANGELINA, AUBREY, KIM, AND NOAH

WHO IS JIM? § Jim is a caricature of a clumsy, dim-witted black slave § The origin of the name dates back before the civil war § The name "Jim" was created by Thomas Dartmouth "Daddy" Rice after seeing an elderly black man sing "Jump Jim crow". § Later he used that Jim crow persona and performed jokes and songs in a stereotypical slave dialect. § The name “Jim Crow” comes from a character in an old song and was the name of a popular dance in the 1820’s. Thomas Rice made up a dance where he blackened his face, wore old clothes, and sang and danced around in imitation of an old and decrepit black man. He then published the song “Jump, Jim Crow” in 1830. § The named died out but soon made another appearance in the 19 th century as a blanket term for anti black laws.

THE IMPLEMENTED LAWS Marriage - "All marriages of white persons with Negroes, Mulattos, Mongolians, or Malaya hereafter contracted in the State of Wyoming are and shall be illegal and void. " Toilets - "Every employer of white or negro males shall provide for such white or negro males reasonably accessible and separate toilet facilities. " (Alabama law) Buses - "All passenger stations in this state operated by any motor transportation company shall have separate waiting rooms or space and separate ticket windows for the white and colored races. " (Alabama law) Teaching - "Any instructor who shall teach in any school, college or institution where members of the white and colored races are received and enrolled as pupils for instruction shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined. . . " (Oklahoma law)

WHEN q. In 1876 Jim Crow Law was created, during racism toward Negroes. q. Eventually states of the Southern America passed the law, but not only the South q. During 1900 s, Jim Crow Law deeply expanded q. The new Jim Crow Law was created in the 1920 s, 1930 s q. Officially abolished on July 2, 1964 For example: §Louisianna General Assembly pass the law to separate blacks and whites not riding together im 1891 §In 1908 Jim Crow Car

WHY § The Jim Crow laws were created to establish a legal system for second class citizens by requiring people of colour to use “separate-but-equal” facilities, which condemned coloured people to unequal/inferior treatment and inferior facilities. § African-Americans could not attend public schools or public facilities. § The laws were created to sperate coloured people from non -coloured people from the slightest bit of contact. § They enforced racial segregation in the South during the end of the Reconstruction and the beginning of the civil rights movement.

RESOLUTION • There were many rebellions in the 1930's and 40's • In 1947, K Leroy Irvis led a demonstration against employment discrimination • In 1947, Jackie Robinson was the first black man to be hired to Major League Baseball • In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man • Contributed to getting rid of the laws • On July 2, 1964, Lyndon Johnson (the president) signed the historic Civil Rights act of 1964 ◦ Created the Commerce Act, which outlawed discrimination in public accommodations ◦ Privately owned restaurants, hotels and stores, private schools and workplaces • In 1971, the Supreme Court made it so students wouldn't be segregated in buses • Although there weren't many efforts done by the government to fix it, activists did a lot to rebel against the laws