Jim Crow Laws
The name for the Jim Crow Laws comes from a character in a Minstrel Show. The
Minstrel Show was one of the first forms of American entertainment, which started in 1843.
They were performed by successors of black song and dance routine actors. The first Minstrel
Show was started by a group of four men from Virginia, who all painted their faces black and performed a small song and dance skit in a small theater in New York City. Thomas Dartmouth
Rice, a white actor, performed the Jim Crow Minstrel Show. Rice was inspired by an old black man who sang and danced in Louisville, Kentucky (Clay, 1). The skit ended in the same chorus as the old black mans song which was “Wheel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb’ry time I wheel about I jump Jim Crow.” Rice’s song and dance got him from Louisville to Cincinnati to
Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and then to New York City in 1832. Finally, Rice performed throughout Europe, going to London and Dublin, where the Irish especially liked Rice’s performance (http://www.sims.berkely.edu/courses/is182/paint167.html).
In the north, slavery was just about non existent, so blacks could be seen free in a lot of cities in the north. In some cities even, blacks and whites lived together without a problem so segregation was not seen completely throughout America. Before 1890, segregation was not seen in most of the south, which was where 80 percent of the black population lived (Massey, 17-
20).
Segregation actually started in the north, but when it moved into the south, it became much worse (Woodward, 17). It was thought that segregation came along with slavery, but there were more reasons, like pure racism. Cities had ghettos where all of the blacks lived in a community, away from the whites. After slavery ended, the north did treat the blacks with more respect, but not much more. In the north, slaves could not be separated from their families and they could not be legally forced to work. Even though the blacks in the north were not slaves anymore, they were still treated poorly in some cases. Towards the end of the Civil War, the north was really showing their racism (Woodward, 21). Most hotels, motels and restaurants would not let blacks inside, so shortly after the Civil Rights Act of 1875, the blacks tested their rights on all sorts of public utilities. They did not, however, take advantage of these rights so they would be assured to keep them. The south still treated blacks with disrespect.
Although some of Woodward’s peripheral ideas may have been amended in varying capacities his central and driving theme, often referred to as the “Woodward Thesis,” still remains intact. This thesis states that racial segregation (also known as Jim Crow) in the South in the rigid and universal form that it had taken by 1954 did not begin right after the end of the Civil War, but instead towards the end of the century, and that before Jim Crow appeared there was a distinct period of experimentation in race relations in the South. Woodward’s seminal his...
Immediately after the American Civil War ended in April 1865 the Southern states began to segregate blacks from whites in schools and other public facilities. Reconstruction, a period of rebuilding in the American South that lasted from the end of 1865 to 1877, put a temporary stop to these policies in some places. Blacks had won enough political power in the South during Reconstruction to prevent the passage of legislation designed to deny them access to public facilities. Also, after the Civil War the national government remained committed to upholding at least some degree of racial fairness.
Up north all blacks were free. The population of blacks in the north was about 1% in 1860 after the American Revolution. The blacks up north had minimal rights. The blacks could not vote, because of stipulations or they were just told that they could not vote by laws of their area. The New York Convention created one stipulation that was created to exclude blacks from voting in 1821; the law stated that blacks could not vote if they did not own property. Most blacks were having a tough time getting jobs in the south. So if a black person could not generate income how were they supposed to buy a home?
Based on the data obtained, Figure 1 represents a force vs. time graph for the amount of force that was used to pull a wooden block across a table. As illustrated in Figure 1, the initial flat line in the graph represents the block at rest, this is where the forces acting on the object are the normal force, gravity, and the static frictional force. Force was then applied to the wooden block until it began to move, the point at which the block moves is the peak in Figure 1. This is the point at which there was enough force applied to the block to overcome the maximum static friction force. The graph then begins to decrease because once a force is applied to the object that is greater than the maximum frictional force, not as much force is needed to continue to pull
The northern areas of America may have been known as a retreat for free slaves; however, in early and mid 18th century slaves received treatment which could be compared to those enslaved in the southern regions of America.
In 1828, Thomas “Daddy” Rice invented the black character Jim Crow. Rice danced around and sung a song called, Jump Jim Crow, he played this character himself and blackened his face to appear darker (Burns). Word got around about Rice’s spectacle and soon Blackface was all the rage. Blackface wasn’t created to mock African Americans, but was used as a way to mock them without having to fear a punishment (University of South Florida). Minstrel Shows began soon after Blackface, these types of show were adopted around the year 1850 (Burns). “Between 1850 and 1870, the minstrel show was one of the most common and popular for entertainment in American,” (Burns). No one could seem to get enough of the plays and there were many minstrel shows around the world. America was the capital of minstrel shows through this 1850-1870 timeline. Minstrel Songs were inspired by Anglo-Celtic songs, but the way they were presented was mocking African American (University of South Florida). Minstrel songs were usually made by African Americans, though the white playwright got payed (Muhammad). The earliest forms of minstrelsy all shared three stereotyped images of African Americans that they are more like caveman then civilized humans, African Americans are stupid, buffoonish clowns, and that African Americans only want to be working on the farm or in a “rural paradise” of some sort
Racial segregation in the United States had been a problem throughout the 1870’s and wasn’t outlawed until the late
Although both individuals are African America male, watching the video and seeing how they interact, it gives the impression they have different values, different believes, and both individuals have different roles and responsibilities within the African American culture. For example, as a social worker, it could be concluded that James values and respects the well-being of all persons. He has the role of an educator, which to me indicate that he has the knowledge of cultural competence within society. Therefore, he is able to help members of the African American community to get access to the resources needed. James also is an advocator as a social worker, which lead him to Anthony in the first place. Different from James, Anthony on the other hand valued self-identity. As a black teenage boy, Anthony value his friendship and loyalty more than his family. Example from the video, his mother wants him to do well in school and prepare himself for higher education and skills to help him get accesses to a great profession after high school and college. But, Anthony prefers spending time with his gang friends who he consider to be his family because he feels safer and acknowledge when he’s in their presence. This explains the likely differences with in cultural, education levels, and values between James and
The poets Edwin Robinson and Robert Frost describe imagery, attitudes, and perception within the poems Miniver Cheevy and After Apple Picking in relation to the rapid modernization of America 's modern society in the early nineteenth century. Destruction and progression influenced the nation’s geographic looks. Values and traditions began to shift into a much more complex perspective. Frost and Robinson, in multiple ways, used the idea of imagery in poetry to respond to the chaos and tensions that emerged within the United States. Robinson explicates a man in despair reflecting to the past and comparing the events to a time much rather preferred. After Apple Picking by Frost, a poem where the exhaustion and drowsiness of apple picking becomes more of a suspicion in the man 's mind, raises the question “is it really a slumber or reality with a deeper meaning?”
In the experiment these materials were used in the following ways. A piece of Veneer wood was used as the surface to pull the object over. Placed on top of this was a rectangular wood block weighing 0.148-kg (1.45 N/ 9.80 m/s/s). A string was attached to the wood block and then a loop was made at the end of the string so a Newton scale could be attached to determine the force. The block was placed on the Veneer and drug for about 0.6 m at a constant speed to determine the force needed to pull the block at a constant speed. The force was read off of the Newton scale, this was difficult because the scale was in motion pulling the object. To increase the mass weights were placed on the top of the ...
The methodically use of discriminating against and segregating Black people, particularly as practiced in the South from the end of Reconstruction to the mid-20th century. Jim Crow is a name given to a group of laws to keep Blacks and Whites separate after the American Civil War. Lynching was the method of execution during Jim Crow era; it is now similar to death a penalty.
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After the American Civil War ended in 1865 more jobs and education became available for black. The blacks had finally created a middle class in America. Those blacks were expecting to be treated and have the same life as white Americans. In 1896 equal rights for all races came to a halt when the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court ruled racial segregations acceptable. Separate, but ‘equal’ was their motto. African-Americans in the south were met with harsh conditions for whites as labor needed was reduced. Because of this, more blacks started moving to the north because it was considered less vicious. The north allowed all adult men voting rights and provided better education for African-Americans. More jobs became available thanks to World War 1 and the industrial revolution. This became known as the Great Migration and brought more than seven million African-Americans to the North. What was housing like in Harlem? Housing in Harlem was originally intended for white workers to commute to the city, but developers built houses faster than enough transportation causing middle-class white people to leave. White landlords sold their properties to black estate agents like Philip A Payton and Henry C Parker. Development of midtown cause many blacks to move to Harlem; by 1920 the amount of blacks had doubled. When subways and roadways came to Harlem, most of the country’s best black artist, ...
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