Jim Crow And Racial Segregation

In the 1930’s it felt very uncomfortable for African Americans to travel anywhere because this was during the racial segregation era or commonly referred to as the Jim Crow. It was eventually the term Jim crow was applied to the body of racial segregation laws and practices throughout the nation. This was occurring as early as 1837, the term Jim Crow was used to describe racial segregation in Vermont. Most of these laws happened only in the southern and border states of the united states between the years of 1876 and 1965. They mandated the separation of the races and separate and unequal status for African Americans. The most important of the Jim Crow laws required that public schools, public accommodations such as water fountains,

He would comply data in the New York area of stores that accepted black travelers. The green book was published from 1936 through 1967 .The book became so popular that he updated with Hotels, Restaurants, and gas stations in most of the U.S that would cove, because back then African Americans would even pack lunch just to avoid stopping in places where they would be looked at and frowned upon. but not only that they were still racist people that wanted to lynch Africans. According to (8375) “Lynching’s became even more widespread beginning in the 1880s and would remain common in the South until the 1930s. Between 1880 and 1930, an estimated 2,400 black men, women, and children were killed by lynch mobs. (During the same time period, roughly 300 whites were lynched.) Most lynching occurred in the Deep South (i.e., Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, and South Carolina). Border Southern states—Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, and North Carolina also had a noteworthy number of lynching’s” and most of these didn’t even carry out with a fair trial just all odds against them because the whites wanted them dead. nonetheless these lynching’s were the one recording, who knows what hasn’t been recorded and that in my opinion its crazy how horrible things were for Africans Americans in the past because

Hence this guide has made traveling more popular, without encountering embarrassing situations.” The idea of creating the green book was helped by the Jews because back then the Jews use to have a book the same to help them with their travels as time went on and it became more than just new York it covered Hugo had help from the courtesy of the Unites States Travel Bureau of which Mr. Chas A. R. McDowell was the collaborator on negro affairs , Most valuable information was secured . and with both them working together it helped have the guide contain the best ideas for the reader. In 1941 ‘PM’ one New Yorks great white newspapers found out about the green book . Wrote a Article on the guide and praised how good the guide was. The book even contained business of whites that cater to the Negro trade at the time it had 80 pages of useful information. This book helped many African Americans avoid the adversity during traveling which shouldn’t have ever been a issue to begin with but thanks to Hugo it helped so many achieve to travel and get away from the same surroundings that many African Americans were tired of. it is