Jim+Crow+Laws

= __Jim Crow Laws__ = = Jim Crow was the name of the racial caste system which operated primarily, in southern and border states, between 1877 and the mid-1960s. Under Jim Crow, African Americans were relegated to the status of second class citizens. The Jim Crow Laws implied the segregation was "Separate but Equal", but that was not the case. Social institutions were segregated and the African American facilities were inferior. Some examples of this are:  = = 1. A Black male could not offer his hand (to shake hands) with a White male because it implied being socially equal. Obviously, a Black male could not offer his hand or any other part of his body to a White woman, because he risked being accused of rape. = = = = 2.Blacks and Whites were not supposed to eat together. If they did eat together, Whites were to be served first, and some sort of partition was to be placed between them. = = = = 3.Under no circumstance was a Black male to offer to light the cigarette of a White female -- that gesture implied intimacy. = = = = 4. Jim Crow etiquette prescribed that Blacks were introduced to Whites, never Whites to Blacks. For example: "Mr. Peters (the White person), this is Charlie (the Black person), that I spoke to you about." = = = = = = 5.Whites did not use courtesy titles of respect when referring to Blacks, for example, Mr., Mrs., Miss., Sir, or Ma'am. Instead, Blacks were called by their first names. Blacks had to use courtesy titles when referring to Whites, and were not allowed to call them by their first names. = = = = 6. If a Black person rode in a car driven by a White person, the Black person sat in the back seat, or the back of a truck. = = = = 7.White motorists had the right-of-way at all intersections. =

= There would be signs against colored people that would either make them go somewhere else or make it only for them. Some examples are: For Rent To Colored, Darkies Bathing Prohibited, For White Passengers, Colored Served In Rear, and Colored Waiting Room. These signs are evidence of racism and were all over the country. =

= The Jim Crow laws were implied to be "Separate but Equal" But the Blacks did not have the same rights as the white people. Blacks were a lower class than the White people. =

__** The Jim Crow laws were laws to segregate white and colored people even after slavery was gone. The African-Americans could not marry white people, go to the same school, even the same toilet. There were many signs that separated white and colored people, such as "White Only." ** __

Bibliography:

http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm

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