What Are The Jim Crow Laws In The 1950's

Many rules were put into place to separate Blacks from Whites, but one of the most absurd ones is that “White motorists had the right-of-way at all intersections” (Pilgrim). In 1957, nine brave black students walked in to Central High School in Arkansas to challenge the idea of segregation in America. All of the children were courageous enough to have very mean things yelled at them including acid thrown in their faces, yet all but one live today.
The Jim Crow laws were a huge part of the act of segregation in the 1950’s. The Jim Crow laws were put in place for many reasons. The laws were put in place after the Civil War, 1861-1865, to restrict the rights of African Americans and keep them separated from Whites (“Jim Crow Laws” Gale). Some
No black person was to imply that a White person was lying (Pilgrim). No black man was to even touch a White woman (Pilgrim). Blacks were not allowed to share public facilities and have separate areas of public transformation; ordered by the southern lawmakers (Jim Crow Laws” Britannica). The punishments for breaking the absurd laws were horrific and unforgiving. If any Black person were to disobey the law, they risked their lives, homes, and relationships with family (Pilgrim). If a black male were to touch a white female; they could be accused of rape (Pilgrim). If they were to receive a jail sentence for an action they did, they would often have a longer sentence that they might not live through (Jim Crow laws”
Nine African American children in 1957 were chosen to attend an all white school in Little Rock, Arkansas to break segregation. Their experience was not pleasant one when they first arrived. Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas and Carlotta Walls were the nine African American children that first walked into Central High School (“Little Rock Nine” History.com). Elizabeth Eckford was the first one to arrive at the school and when she did she was spit on, shoved around, and some went as far to threaten to kill her (Bubar). Melba Pattillo was physically beaten and had acid thrown in her face, and Gloria Ray was pushed down the stairs by one of her classmates (Little Rock Nine” History.com) Years after the incident, many of the children, now adults, succeed greatly. Now year after the event, the nine kids are remembered as heroes against discrimination (Bubar). Ernest Green was the only senior of the Little Rock Nine, and was also the first African American to graduate from the school (“Little Rock Nine” History.com). Melba, the girl who had acid thrown in her face, became a reporter for the television network NBC (“Little Rock Nine”