Jim Crow laws

dismantle the economic inequalities that developed during slavery. They were reinforced by the decades of segregation. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first federal civil right law since Reconstruction which established the Civil Rights Commission and the Civil Rights division of the department of justice. (Foner) The 1964 law did not address a major concern of the civil right movement with the right to vote in the South.(Foner) After president Kennedy’s assassination Lyndon B. Johnson…

The American Dream is dead some people may say. Some say the American dream needs to be reformed. Others have a glimmer of hope that it still is alive. Whether if it’s alive or dead there are factors that contribute to those beliefs to create numerous idea of the American Dream that the founding fathers had mapped out for our nation; the foundation of our reason why we built America. The American Dream is about freedom, the right to have the three unalienable rights: life, liberty and pursuit…

Blacks were free, they are equal to us, yet the Jim Crow laws stated differently. “WHITE PASSENGERS ONLY.” Why could we not accept them, they had not done anything to us that couldn’t be outweighed by what we had done to them? Again, it comes back to the mere fact that acceptance to us does not come easy…

I can not believe that damn nigger would write a book about me. About me? And as for Skeeter? Going behind my back and writing about these so-called ‘issues’. What’s wrong with the way we live? After all that I did for them. Helping Skeeter find Stuart, bless his soul. But as for Minny, putting that pie in that book? I can’t have anyone in this town knowing that I ate two pieces of what mother calls “shit”. Shit, God forbid if anyone heard me say that. Damn nigger feeding me her faeces. She…

After the 1920’s World War 1 had finally ended and America was starting to return to their normal lives. However, immigrants and African Americans seemed to be a continued problem for America. Economic prosperity failed to prevent social, cultural, and political divisions between the United States. Political cartoons such as “The Menace of Modern Immigration” and “The Teapot Dome Scandal” show political divisions after the 20’s. The Monkey Trial, which also shows a cultural division between the…

black codes which maintains slavery under another name. Once Congress came back into session, Republicans moved to stop the president of what he was doing. 5. What were the black codes in the reconstruction era? The black codes or laws passed by the southern states legalizing a place for blacks in society after the Civil War. These codes were passed in all of the southern states in the reconstruction, the code helped out all blacks to find jobs, homes,etc. 6. What…

Booker T. Washington and W. E. B DuBois used different strategies when dealing with the problems faced by African Americans at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Segregation was a big problem during this time and African Americans were the ones facing the brunt of this issue. Both Washington and DuBois tried to fight for equality of African Americans and were in hopes that their actions, as well as programs, would help aid society toward agreeing with them.…

minorities in application processes, specifically for higher education, has garnered significant amounts of controversy in recent years. There are people who believe that we as a nation have sufficiently atoned for the racist and discriminatory policies and laws of the past. They argue that African American and Caucasian American students operate on a level playing field, and as such the use of affirmative action programs is inappropriate and gives an unfair advantage to African Americans. This…

The documentary the 13th examines the Richard Nixon era, the new Jim Crow Laws, Ronald Reagan “War on drugs”, Bill Clinton’s “three strikes you’re out” which lead to a massive incarnation in the 1990s of minorities for a long period of time. In 1989, Ronald Reagan declared a war on drugs. Crack and Cocaine were rising and the usage of the products depended on social class. Crack was an inner city drug and the majority of consumers were from Black and Hispanic communities. Those who were arrested…

bridges these people from different backgrounds is the understanding in what instances throughout history when black lives have not mattered. Eric Larson makes this clear in his article “Black Lives Matter and Bridge Building: Labor Education for a New Jim Crow Era.” Throughout his article, Larson focuses on the goals of BLM and how it “has highlighted how the same institutions that claim to represent, protect, and serve society—courthouses and schools in addition to police—operate on racial…