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    was a natural outcome of Reconstruction which can seem somewhat believable depending on your knowledge of the subject. But in all actuality scholars cannot agree on which events at the end of the nineteenth century mark the beginning of formalized Jim Crow. Studies show how blacks and whites learned to be civilized when they encountered each other. The division of the two races happens soon after the end of the Civil War. This essay will attempt to analyze when southern segregation begin.

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    against or marry white citizens‚ or travel without permits. The Black codes weren’t completely gone until 1868 when the 14th amendment was ratified. Not many other extreme problems occurred until the end of the 19th century when the Jim Crow laws emerged. Jim Crow laws were racial segregation laws that separated white citizens and African Americans in schools‚ hospitals‚ parks‚ and on railroads. Segregated Southern schools gave white students new textbooks and clean‚ well-lighted facilities

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    African Americans: The Loss and Gain of Freedom(1865-1900) The Civil War ended on April 9‚ 1865. The period known after the war was called Reconstruction. During Reconstruction (also called Radical Reconstruction)‚ the South was in economic‚ political‚ and social trouble. In 1865 Congress established the Bureau of Refugees‚ Freedmen‚ and Abandoned Lands. This became known as the Freedmen’s Bureau. It was a bureau ran by the United States Army‚ with several field

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    deciding against segregation‚ it would have to take more than that to change the minds the rest of the world‚ including Montgomery‚ Alabama. Some of the little things that contributed to the boycott were the most important‚ such as the Jim Crow laws. The Jim Crow laws had many different parts to it‚ but more in particularly the buses. The laws prevented the African Americans from sitting in the front aisles of the bus. Therefore‚ they sat in the back or even had to stand. When the white rows

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    recalcitrant Lula‚ whose lack of education causes her to hate even the innocent white children‚ although they have done nothing to promote their racial superiority. This is this same Ignorance that breeds fear and hatred for another person. Up until the Jim Crowe laws were enacted‚ Negros were treated not as equals but as lesser beings in light of education. Losing sight of what is true versus what has been previously accepted can be very deadly. Likewise‚ adherence to code causes the citizens to become

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    The civil rights movement was a time in America in which Blacks and other minorities started getting more independence and more equal rights. This movement required several courageous leaders and many life changing events occurred in order for America to become the integrated nation that it is today. A number of protests and boycotts took place but they were usually non-violent‚ (which the minorities discovered that the non-violent approach worked the best.) Throughout this period in time schools

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    For African Americans‚ Jim Crow laws encompassed and affected every part of American life. The racial slur synonymous with negro and the laws used to discriminate against them. Two of the most recognizable figures advocating against of Jim Crow were Booker T. Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Though they lived through different times‚ they both shared the same goal of bettering circumstances of the African Americans people. While sharing a same common goal‚ Booker T. Washington and Martin

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    were created equally for white people and people of color. On that day the precedent of separate but equal came into full effect. Plessy sought out to have the segregation law overturned by the Supreme Court‚ but the decision held‚ solidified the Jim Crow laws‚ and segregation

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    Blacks were not only forbidden to sit down before whites‚ but it was also illegal for them to do so. Nearly all aspects of their lives remained trammeled and in past tense of whites‚ even when merely mailing a letter. David Fremon‚ author of The Jim Crow Laws and Racism in American History expands on the issue: “In some places‚ such as post offices or banks‚ whites and blacks shared facilities. However‚ blacks had to wait until whites were finished before they could be served” (28). African-Americans

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    Rosa Louise Parks was an extraordinary African American civil rights activist whose heroic actions sparked the beginning of the monumental civil rights movement within the United States of America. Rosa Parks firmly stood up for what she believed and it was time for her to show the world who she was and what she believed in. Rosa was born on February 4th‚ 1913 in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. Every since she was a little girl‚ her mother knew that God had a special purpose for her. She was raised by her

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