Read about Jim Crow laws, and how they affected life in the South.
Thinking Questions: (blog discussion)
1. Where did the term "Jim Crow" come from? How is the origin of this term
offensive? How did the term "Jim Crow" become synonymous with the segregation laws in the South?
2. What ended Reconstruction in the South, and how did this effect southern blacks?
3. Legally, African-Americans had the right to vote. How was their right to suffrage compromised?
4. How did the Plessy v. Ferguson case (1896) uphold Jim Crow laws? What effect did this case have on the lives (transportation, education, social implications, etc) of southern blacks?
5. Who was Booker T. Washington? Where did he live? How did his beliefs impact the way southern African-Americans could survive in the South?
6. Who was W.E.B. DuBois? Where did he live? How did his beliefs impact the way southern African-Americans could survive in the South?
7. Why do you think Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois had differing opinions on how to survive in the South?
8. How did many southern blacks escape the South? Where did they go? What was this movement called? What was there experience once they arrived at their destination?
9. What impact do the Jim Crow laws have on the American identity?
10. The Jim Crow laws began to be repealed at the state level as early as 1917 (in Kentucky). Is segregation (based on any criteria: race, religion, ethnicity, etc.) dead? Why do you think this?
Thinking Questions: (blog discussion)
1. Where did the term "Jim Crow" come from? How is the origin of this term
offensive? How did the term "Jim Crow" become synonymous with the segregation laws in the South?
2. What ended Reconstruction in the South, and how did this effect southern blacks?
3. Legally, African-Americans had the right to vote. How was their right to suffrage compromised?
4. How did the Plessy v. Ferguson case (1896) uphold Jim Crow laws? What effect did this case have on the lives (transportation, education, social implications, etc) of southern blacks?
5. Who was Booker T. Washington? Where did he live? How did his beliefs impact the way southern African-Americans could survive in the South?
6. Who was W.E.B. DuBois? Where did he live? How did his beliefs impact the way southern African-Americans could survive in the South?
7. Why do you think Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois had differing opinions on how to survive in the South?
8. How did many southern blacks escape the South? Where did they go? What was this movement called? What was there experience once they arrived at their destination?
9. What impact do the Jim Crow laws have on the American identity?
10. The Jim Crow laws began to be repealed at the state level as early as 1917 (in Kentucky). Is segregation (based on any criteria: race, religion, ethnicity, etc.) dead? Why do you think this?