American Civil Rights Movement: Legalization Of Segregation In The United States
Year 11 History
American Civil Rights Movement
Task 1
Mr. Bennett
Charlotte Williams
SACE: 641832E
After the Civil War, white Americans from the South made quick actions to eliminate the newfound freedom of African Americans. They desired to return blacks to their previous status of slaves, and passed new laws to ensure the process was legal. These laws, referred to as The Black Codes and Jim Crow laws were commandments that not only justified, but legalized the segregation of African Americans and white Americans in the South. On the surface, these laws appeared to be neutral and impartial to all races, however, these laws were explicitly designed to repress black people.
In 1865 the first official Black Codes were enacted in Mississippi, and expanded throughout the Southern states. The Black Codes saw the legalization of segregation in …show more content…
These were the Jim Crow laws, with the philosophy of “separate but equal”; however this was not the case. The name “Jim Crow” was adapted from a black character in minstrel shows, a white man who painted himself black and imitated the traditional and cultural dancing of African Americans. In 1881 Tennessee passed the first Jim Crow law, which segregated train cars. Other Southern states soon followed. These laws were extensive, and by 1914 every southern state had endorsed the Jim Crow laws, with Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Oklahoma leading the South with the enforcement of these laws. By World War I, even places of employment were segregated. As with the Black Codes, Jim Crow laws segregated railways and streetcars, public waiting rooms, restaurants, theaters, public parks, libraries and even cemeteries. Separate schools, hospitals and other public institutions, generally of inferior quality, were designed for
American Civil Rights Movement
Task 1
Mr. Bennett
Charlotte Williams
SACE: 641832E
After the Civil War, white Americans from the South made quick actions to eliminate the newfound freedom of African Americans. They desired to return blacks to their previous status of slaves, and passed new laws to ensure the process was legal. These laws, referred to as The Black Codes and Jim Crow laws were commandments that not only justified, but legalized the segregation of African Americans and white Americans in the South. On the surface, these laws appeared to be neutral and impartial to all races, however, these laws were explicitly designed to repress black people.
In 1865 the first official Black Codes were enacted in Mississippi, and expanded throughout the Southern states. The Black Codes saw the legalization of segregation in …show more content…
These were the Jim Crow laws, with the philosophy of “separate but equal”; however this was not the case. The name “Jim Crow” was adapted from a black character in minstrel shows, a white man who painted himself black and imitated the traditional and cultural dancing of African Americans. In 1881 Tennessee passed the first Jim Crow law, which segregated train cars. Other Southern states soon followed. These laws were extensive, and by 1914 every southern state had endorsed the Jim Crow laws, with Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Oklahoma leading the South with the enforcement of these laws. By World War I, even places of employment were segregated. As with the Black Codes, Jim Crow laws segregated railways and streetcars, public waiting rooms, restaurants, theaters, public parks, libraries and even cemeteries. Separate schools, hospitals and other public institutions, generally of inferior quality, were designed for