Jim Crow – A Serious Look
By
John C Abercrombie
The term Jim Crow is frequently used, but here we will take a look at the laws that were a nightmare for Blacks in America. While there is confusion on the origin of the term, the most popular is of Thomas Rice putting on blackface makeup and acting like a buffoon. In the absence of any history of positive contributions and limited contact between the races. These caricatures of Black people and what they were like became the accepted.
These portrayals pictured Blacks as having limited intelligence, being lazy, although it was well known that they were forced to perform hard, dirty and physically demanding work all day with no days off.
As these unflattering and untrue portrayals became the accepted (by Whites), it was not difficult to pass laws that further denied Blacks true freedom and the ability to prosper.
The many laws resulting in many ways were worse than slavery itself. During slavery, although the owners beat their slaves, denied them proper nutrition and living conditions, they had something to lose if the slave died. Laws passed that made such things as vagrancy a crime for imprisonment and hard labor. Many governmental agencies profited handsomely from the imprisonment of Blacks.
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It is hard to imagine today, but as you watch the videos, read the books, you will see the evil in these laws and the long term effects.
This is part of a series posted daily during Black History Month 2020. To see the index click here
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Jim Crow – A Serious Look Jim Crow and America’s Racism Explained
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Law
Sitting in the bac of the bus does not resonate with those not forced to sit there. There are other laws that have a disparate effect on people because they were written and applied in an unintended manner. All too many of them are having the impact they were designed to have. The place to explore and correct the injustice is with our link below
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The New Jim Crow:
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Named one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by Entertainment Weekly‚ Slate‚ Chronicle of Higher Education‚ Literary Hub, Book Riot‚ and Zora A tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller—“one of the most influential books of the past 20 years,” according to the Chronicle of Higher Education—with a new preface by the author “It is in no small part thanks to Alexander’s account that civil rights organizations such as Black Lives Matter have focused so much of their energy on the criminal justice system.” —Adam Shatz, London Review of Books
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History
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The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow | PBS | ep 1 of 4 Promises Betrayed
The premiere episode begins with the end of the Civil War and Reconstruction, periods that held so much promise for free black men and women. But as the North gradually withdrew its support for black aspirations for land, civil and political rights, and legal due process, Southern whites succeeded in passing laws that segregated and disfranchised African Americans, laws that were reinforced with violence and terror tactics. By 1876, Reconstruction was over. “Promises Betrayed” recounts black response by documenting the work of such leaders as activist/separatist Benjamin “Pap” Singleton, anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells, as well as the emergence of Booker T. Washington as a national figure.
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Politics and Social Sciences
It all comes together here. See and understand the behind scenes that result in laws that impact our lives. This allows you to understand what the hue and cry from those adversely affected. Social sciences impact our lives is a fascinating area of study. Find it here with our Amazon affiliate link below
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The Strange Career of Jim Crow C.
Vann Woodward, who died in 1999 at the age of 91, was America’s most eminent Southern historian, the winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Mary Chestnut’s Civil War and a Bancroft Prize for The Origins of the New South. Now, to honor his long and truly distinguished career, Oxford is pleased to publish this special commemorative edition of Woodward’s most influential work, The Strange Career of Jim Crow.
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Education and Teaching Books
There is no greater joy than education, formal or informal. We never stop learning, so make the most of it using the outstanding links provided here
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The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow | PBS | ep 2 of 4 Fighting Back
The second episode explores the dramatic rise of a successful black middle class and the determination of white supremacists to destroy this fledgling black political power. Through the efforts of men and women like educator Charlotte Hawkins Brown, African Americans continued to move forward. Black artists created new genres of American music and an intellectual elite, personified by the pioneering W.E.B. Du Bois, emerged. Du Bois, a charter member of the newly founded National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was the editor of its magazine, THE CRISIS. This episode ends with the violence at home giving way to warfare abroad as thousands of black Americans depart for World War I.
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
New York Times Bestseller • Notable Book of the Year • Editors’ Choice Selection One of Bill Gates’ “Amazing Books” of the Year One of Publishers Weekly’s 10 Best Books of the Year Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction An NPR Best Book of the Year Winner of the Hillman Prize for Nonfiction Gold Winner • California Book Award (Nonfiction) Finalist • Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History) Finalist • Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize This “powerful and disturbing history” exposes how American governments deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas nationwide (New York Times Book Review).
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The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow | PBS | ep 3 of 4 Don’t Shoot too soon Episode 3
chronicles the years between World Wars I and II, a time of increased mob violence, Lynchings, and massacres of blacks. White supremacy was kept in place by terrorism, but three men, each part of the fledgling NAACP, led campaigns to confront these threats. W.E.B. Du Bois called for veterans of World War I to “return fighting.” Walter White went among the lynchers to discover the truth behind the rapes and insurrections allegedly committed by blacks, and Charles Hamilton Houston designed and successfully applied a legal strategy that challenged Jim Crow and resulted in the famous “Brown vs. Board of Education” decision, which desegregated public schools in 1954.
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Health and Household Essentials
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Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
A profound new rendering of the struggle by African-Americans for equality after the Civil War and the violent counter-revolution that resub jugated them, as seen through the prism of the war of images and ideas that have left an enduring racist stain on the American mind.
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The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow | PBS | ep 4 of 4 Terror and Triumph
The final episode, “Terror and Triumph,” examines the surge of black activism that took place after World War II. Prolonged legal battles led to Supreme Court decisions that opened doors and restored voting rights for blacks. The battle for freedom, dignity, and opportunity throughout America continued through the ’50s and ’60s — and in many respects, continues today.
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