Jim Crow Laws In The 1950's

The 1950’s, where segregation was at its strongest and most enforced by the Jim Crow laws. Here, a perfect example is shown; racism shown against children. The artist captured 6 colored children looking at a whites only playground through a fence whom are most likely in their own playground. The children appear young, from 3 to 8 years old and their clothes look worn and wrinkled. The playground is hard to see by the chain-link fence, but what we can see seems like a fancy and expensive playground. A Ferris wheel is seen in the far background along with some slides. The day is sunny and it looks like a dry summer day. Colorful clothes of the children contrasts the underlying meaning of the photo. A bright blue sky and the foliage is a healthy green, also ignoring the atmosphere of the predicaments going on. However, beyond the fence, the grass is cut and well kept, while on our side, the grass seems to be longer and more unkempt. The colors of the picture are washed out, which can help interpret …show more content…
Laws which prevented whites from ever having to co-exist with colored people in a friendly way. Laws which separated people from transportation to water fountains to jobs. Effects of this led to adults having less of an advantage for a job, which skyrocketed poverty in the colored people community. As shown in this picture, not only adults were affected, but also children. Children who could not go to school together, pay together, and who were told they were less than some. The photographer captured this an a reminder to the future generations to not repeat the situation they were currently in. This photograph represents pathos; to invoke emotion, which is captured with the context of the children being fenced off to the unattainable, to fun, and at such a young age, already facing the hardships of the world, seeing what others experience simply for the color of their