Jim Crow System Beliefs

Jim Crow was the name of the racial social group system which functioned mostly in Southern and Border States, between 1877 and the mid-1960s. Under Jim Crow, African Americans were second class citizens and cursed to be servants. The Jim Crow system beliefs were that whites were superior to African Americans in all important ways, including intelligence, morality, and civilized behavior. An African American male could not offer his hand to shake with a white male because it implied being socially equal. Whites did not use courtesy titles when referring to African Americans, they called them by their first names. This same courtesy was not how African Americans were to address whites, they were to use titles such as Mr. and Mrs. There were

These marches were violent at times, especially the one in Selma when it was televised and the Nation seen the outcome. The American public was shocked, the Selma march pushed the federal government to pass legislation to enforce the right of African American citizens to vote. A few days after the violence at Selma, President Lyndon Johnson introduced the Voting Rights Act of 1965. During this distasteful time many African American lives were taken trying to overcome the many obstacles of discrimination. The deaths themselves are why the minority group were able to defeat many of these

She took a seat in the first of several rows designated for "colored" passengers. As the bus continued on its route the bus began to fill quickly with white passengers. When the bus driver stopped and asked Rosa to get up and move so the whites could sit down, she refused and was arrested. Her refusal to move to the back of the bus and stand up for her rights showed bravery and strength. These were just a few acts that these courageous African Americans did to take a stance publicly to gain their rightful respect. All of their acts of courage opened the pathway for others to speak up and stand up for their human rights regardless of their race. “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed”. M.L.K.