Jim Crow 5th

CREATING, RESISTING, AND ESCAPING JIM CROW

Presented by:Breanna NavarreHussein ChararaIbtesam Mustafa

Creating Jim Crow

Breanna Navarre

Who and What was Jim Crow?• Shortened form of the Jim

Crow Laws

• Everything from child custody to courtesy titles

• Practiced in but not limited to the south

• Exaggerated racial stereotype based on an overly compliant black character in 19th century minstrel shows

• Thomas Dartmouth “Daddy” Rice

• Segregation laws

• Racial slur

“Creating Jim Crow”• Religious leaders

and theologians

• Backed by individual beliefs and rationalizations

• Racial stereotype

• Name came from T.D. Rice

• Rice stirred racial segregation

“Under Jim Crow’s Thumb”• Written guide by

Stetson Kennedy

• 13th,14th,15th amendments gave rights

• State laws took rights away

Ibtesam Mustafa

RESISTING JIM CROW

HOW DID THEY RESIST?

W.E.B DU BOIS EDUCATED AFRICAN AMERICANS TO “LEAD THE MASSES IN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC RESISTANCE TO JIM CROW.”

AFRICAN AMERICANS STAGED WALKS AFRICAN AMERICANS CREATED

MUSIC THAT DISPLAYED THAT BLACK CULTURE WAS SOPHISTICATED

MANY RIOTS OCCURED

Escaping Jim Crow

Hussein Charara

W.E.B. Du Bois• First African American to receive a Ph. D. from Harvard University

•Played a large role in the formation of the NAACP

•Challenged the ideas of one of the most influential African American leaders Booker T. Washington

•Main contributor in fight against Jim Crow Laws

Civil Rights Act of 1964

President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, officially ending segregation, and the Jim Crow Era in the south.

CITATION PAGE

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Pilgrim, Dr. David. "Who was Jim Crow?" Ferris State University: Michigan College Campuses in Big Rapids MI, Grand Rapids MI, Off Campus Locations Across Michigan. Ferris State University, Feb. 2012. Web. 08 Feb. 2012. <http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/who.htm>. Tenney, Elizabeth. "Under Jim Crow's Thumb." Cobblestone (Vol. 29, No. 4). Apr 2008: 3. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 09 Feb 2012. <http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asis%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000294762>.

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"A. Philip Randolph." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/491015/A-Philip-Randolph>.

Davis, Ronald L. F.. "Resisting Jim Crow." Jim Crow History Resources. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb 2012. http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/resisting.htm.

. "Jim Crow Laws." Spartacus educational. Spartacus Educational, n.d. Web. 14 Feb 2012. <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAjimcrow.htm>.

 , and First Last. Jim Crow and Beyond. N.d. Photograph. http://jimcrowandbeyond.pbworks.com/w/page/8966820/FrontPageWeb. 14 Feb 2012. <http://jimcrowandbeyond.pbworks.com/w/page/8966820/FrontPage>.

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 Davis, Ronald. "From Terror to Triumph." The History of Jim Crow. Public Broadcasting Service, 2002. Web. 10 Feb 2012. <http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/overview.htm>.  Wormser, R.. "W.E.B. Du Bois." The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. PBS, 2002. Web. 10 Feb 2012. <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_people_dubois.html>. Eggleston, R.. "Today in Civil Rights History: Civil Rights Act of 1964 becomes Law." . The Leadership Conference, 2009. Web. 10 Feb 2012. <http://www.civilrights.org/archives/2009/07/481-cra.html>. W.E.B. Du Bois. 2008. Photograph. NPS Web. 12 Feb 2012. <http://www.nps.gov/hafe/historyculture/w-e-b-dubois.htm>. Lyndon B. Johnson signing Civil Rights Act of 1964. 2010. Photograph. Funwithhistory. Web. 12 Feb 2012. <http://funwithhistory.wordpress.com/tag/jfk/>.