Life+In+Jim+Crow

**Right after the Civil War, the 14th Amendment was ratified. What did the 14th Amendment provide for African Americans? What does “due process” and “equal protection of the laws” mean?** [|14th LINK]

It gave them equal rights including the right to vote and it also said anyone born in the U.S or is a U.S. citizen has the wright to vote.

**Unfortunately, your equal rights were challenged by the Supreme Court in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. What do you remember about the facts, decision, and impact of this case?** [|Plessy LINK] On June 7, Homer Plessy was jailed for sitting in the "White" car of the east Louisiana railroad. He was a creole of color, a term used to refer toblack persons in New Orleans who traced some of their ancestors tothe French, Spanish, and Caribbean settlers of Louisiana before it becamepart of the United States.

**The laws developed in the South became known as Jim Crow laws. Who was this Jim Crow fellow? Did he write the laws?**[| Jim Crow LINK]

Jim Crow was a stereotypical African American person. Jim Crow did not write the laws.


 * What are some specific examples of the Jim Crow laws from southern states? How did the laws affect you?** [|Jim Crow Laws LINK 1] / [|Jim Crow Laws LINK 2] / [|Jim Crow Laws LINK 3]

White Children and African American children can't play together.

White and African meicans have to go to different schools.

Whites and African American have to ride on different parts of Trains.


 * What did Jim Crow America look like in the 1900s? What are some images that can help explain the realities of the time?** __ Jim Crow Images LINK 1 __/ [|Jim Crow Images LINK 2]

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 * What happened in the Scottsboro Case? How did it make you feel as an African American in the South?** [|Scottsboro LINK]

There were nine boys who were falsely charged with raping two white women in Alabama. The jury during the case was all white and eight of they boys were sentenced to death, except the one of them becuase he was only twelve. Eventually they were not killed but put they were paroled. A African American in the south would feel angry that other African Americans were being punished for something they didn't do.

**What do some of your friends and family say about life in Jim Crow America? (listen to one or two)** [|Audio History LINK 1]