How Did Jim Crow Laws Affect The Civil Rights Movement

A Civil Rights activists Rosa Parks said, “Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.” Along the US history, people wanted to change the racial bias and they tried to do something to deal with this problem. We can see it from the Civil Rights movement, world war 2, reconstruction and Jim Crow. The past historical events in the U.S. helped improved race relations. Jim Crow law was a turning point during the long era about US racial bias history. However, There were also something else happen before Jim Crow, but the impact they brought is much more less than Jim Crow. Reconstruction and Jim Crow enforced racial segregation and discrimination. From the resources that I read, it said,” most african american obeyed the Jim Crow law in order to avoid racial motivated violence.” Jim Crow law mandated the segregation of public schools, public transportations, public places, and even restrooms, theaters, etc. As a turning point of African Americans’ history, the Jim Crow law also affect on the Civil Rights movement. The army was integrated, the African American people was fought with the white, stood the same side with white. During World War II, tens of thousands African American served in the US military and performed well. They were on the …show more content…
After the Jim Crow law, and the World War II, the Civil Rights took place leaded by Martin Luther King. From the movie Selma, particularly in Southern United States. directed at abolishing racial discrimination against African Americans. He made Selma, Alabama, the focus of its efforts to register the black voters in the South. As the Selma went on, they gained supporting from the world and the young leader activists,The protester finally achieved their goal. The success of the Selma became a historical events and totally help the African Americans gained the