Early drawing of the Jim Crow character and an entertainer performing in black face. Document One Louisiana 1918 Poll Tax Receipt Document Two Mississippi 1939 Document Three Virginia State Law 1960
"no athletic team of any school shall engage in any athletic contest of any nature within the state of Virginia with another team on which persons of any other race are members." Document Four Alabama 1931 Document Five Tennessee 1873
"White and colored persons shall not be taught in the same school, but in separate schools under the same general regulations as to management, usefulness and efficiency." Document Six Florida Bus 1950s Document Seven Missouri State Law 1952
Interracial adoptions are forbidden by law. Document Eight Mississippi State Law 1956
Businesses are allowed to choose their customers and have the right to refuse service to any person. Document Nine Alabama Constitution 1901
Declared that the legislature could never pass any law allowing "any marriage between any white person and a Negro, or descendant of a Negro." Document Ten Texas Bus Station 1952 A B Jim Crow Worksheet Barriers to Voting Vocabulary Cartoon Section A
Poll Taxes, White Primary, Intimidation & violence, Poll tests, Grandfather clause Cartoon Section A The White League & KKK Answers vary Was, white, lost A) powerful Cartoon Section B 5. Freed slaves, African Americans in the South 6. Answers vary- fear 7. See picture 8. The dangers of A.A. under Jim Crow laws, the A. A. situationetc. Vocabulary 1- public accommodation 2-Miscegenation 3-undermine 4-interracial 5-segregation 6- Jim Crow 7- Black Codes Help/Hurt Hurt, Hurt, Helped, Helped Out of Order - 4, 1, 5, 2, 3 Jim Crow and Plessy v. Ferguson Activities
Jim Crow- Read and complete the assignment Read through and review the basic Arguments and decisions for Plessy (handout). Read the information regarding Brown v. Board of Education 1954 on p. 1001 Read the response statements and decide whether they are from the Courts Plessy decision or Brown decision. Underline the words or phrases in each line that influenced your answer. Plessy/Brown Arguments