However, white southerners determined to keep races separate and unequal through forced segregation called for separation of races in daily life. This activity guide focuses on the laws and statutes including the black codes, vagrancy statutes, pig laws and jim crow enforced by southern states after the civil war to assert. After reconstruction, states in the south passed laws that barred african americans from. Slaves could not be brought into the northwest territories under the ordinance of 1787 but slaves already there remained in bondage in the areas. Examples of jim crow laws blacks and whites could not sit together on trains, go to the same schools, or stay at the same hotels. Instead, a patchwork of state and local laws, codes, and agreements enforced segregation to different degrees and in different ways across the nation. Lets find out if the black codes are any different from the jim crow laws. This a list of examples of jim crow laws, which were state and local laws in the united states enacted between 1876 and 1965. Jim crow laws, enacted by most states after the civil war, limited the economic and physical freedom of african americans. How were black codes and jim crow laws similar and different. Jim crow in america teachers guide library of congress.
What are the similarities between the jim crow laws and black. Jim crow etiquette operated together with jim crow laws black codes. The name referred to in the jim crow laws was derived from a very famous and popular minstrel act of the era. Via this page, you will be able to get a full version of the new jim crow book without needing to pay a single dollar. Prohibited marriages between whites and negroes or indians or persons of negro or indian descent to third generation. The black codes was put into place to regulate and control newly slaves on what they can and can not do, it was a way to limit newly slaves power and an attempt to reinstall slavery directly following the civil war. The black code and jim crow laws students name institutional affiliation 1 although the end of civil wars in both southern and northern states ended the slavery era, over four million of the southerners were left landless and with minimal resources to support themselves. Due to that, colored people had different utilities and therefore their utilities were less cared for than whites, meaning they were not cleaned, fixed, or washed. White and black children shall be taught in separate public schools, but there shall be no discrimination made in favor of, or to the prejudice of, either race.
Black code other jim crow information jim crow museum. All contracts for labor made with freedmen, free negroes, and mulattoes for a longer period than one month shall be in writing, and in duplicate, attested and read to said freedman, free negro, or mulatto by a beat, city or county officer, or two disinterested white persons of the county in which the labor is to be performed, of which each party shall have one. What was the difference between the black codes and the jim. The jim crow character is depicted on your right and the picture is taken from the sheet music of a song called jump jim crow. Antimiscegenation laws black codes in the united states. Jan 20, 2009 what are the similarities between the jim crow laws and black codes. How were black codes and jim crow laws similar and. The black codes, sometimes called black laws, were laws governing the conduct of african americans free blacks. The passage of the th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the.
What was jim crow jim crow museum ferris state university. Jim crow laws existed mainly in the south and originated from the black codes that were passed from 1865 to 1866 and from prewar which. There was separate seating in movie theaters, and blacks and whites had separate parks. This was allowed as long as the places were equal, which they were usually not. My elation would have been tempered by the distance yet to be traveled to reach the promised land of racial justice in america, but my conviction that nothing remotely similar to jim crow exists in this country would have been steadfast. These laws segregated african americans in public schools, public places restaurants, restrooms, and drinking fountains.
It is a brief 8 minute video that gives the basics about the jim crow laws and the black codes. It also made sure they were still available for labor although they were paid. Students will determine how jim crow laws affected the lives of. Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness by michelle alexander, the nic.
All passenger stations in this state operated by any motor transportation company shall have separate waiting rooms. Miscegenation state code forbid marriages between persons of the caucasian, asian and malay races. Students read through those cards and sort them according to if they believe the card represents a black code or a jim crow law. When most people think of jim crow, they think of laws not the jim crow etiquette, which excluded blacks from public transport and facilities, juries, jobs, and neighborhoods. This list of laws is known today as the jim crow laws. Jim crow laws and expectations were rampant and african americans in cities such as wilmington, nc, were the victim of white supremacy campaigns and violence. Jim crow laws separated americans by race in 26 states. Reconstruction did away with the black codes, but, after reconstruction was over, many of their provisions were reenacted in the jim crow laws, which were not finally done away with until passage of the civil rights act of 1964. Jones, a white reverend, to his white congregation following the lynching murder of ed johnson, a black man accused of rape. Some of the effects of these laws were a black man could not shake hands with a white man, eat together and light the cigarette of a white female.
May 10, 2011 many provisions of the black codes were reenacted in the jim crow laws and remained in force until the 1964 civil rights act. May 17, 2010 the jim crow laws have originated from the name of a minstrel show character. List of jim crow law examples by state infogalactic. The best known of them were passed in 1865 and 1866 by southern states, after the american civil war, in order to restrict african americans freedom, and to compel them to work for low wages.
No person or corporation shall require any white female. Click the thumbnail for the original item, the caption for information on the item, or download a pdf or mp3. Those who attempted to defy jim crow laws often faced arrest, fines, jail sentences, violence and death. The jim crow legislation existed to isolate and discriminate blacks. Black code and jim crow law examples black codes and jim crow. In kentucky, for example, 40,000 people remained enslaved.
Jim crow laws existed mainly in the south and originated from the black codes that were enforced from 1865 to 1866 and from prewar segregation on railroad cars in northern cities. Images, sheet music, newspapers and other text documents present popular views on, and the causes and effects of, these laws. Yet, in the midst of such racial injustice and intolerance, a black business district began to flourish in durham, nc in the late 1890s. Do you want to view the new jim crow pdf for your pc, tablet or smartphone for free. When most people think of jim crow they think of laws not the jim crow etiquette which excluded blacks from public transport and facilities, juries, jobs, and neighborhoods. Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of african americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the civil war. Jim crow laws difference between the two black codes we put into place to regulate what slaves could and could not do, they were another way to reinstate slavery following the civil war, dealing with social controls. Existence of the black codes was taken as evidence by many northerners especially the radical republicans that the south had not really been subdued. No person or corporation shall require any white female nurse to nurse in wards or rooms in hospitals, either public or private, in which negro men are placed. Origins of jim crow the black codes and reconstruction. Eventually, these black codes became known as jim crow laws. Not just laws, but a way of life jim crow was the name of the racial segregation system, which operated mostly in southern and border states, between 1877 and the mid1960s. Black codes and jim crow laws were repressive laws meant to preserve slavery using legal means. This a list of examples of jim crow laws, which were state and local laws in the united states.
A white actor would blacken his face and perform like a fool. Blacks could not eat at certain restaurants, they had to drink from different water fountains, and use different bathrooms. They wanted to return blacks, in effect, to their prewar status as slaves. Jim crow law, any of the laws that enforced racial segregation in the u. Civics and social justice curriculum slavery by another. Oct 02, 2016 both of these were made to restrict black rights. Jim crow laws harry phillips american inn of court. The jim crow laws were laws that segregated colored people from using the same tools or being in the same room as whites. Congress did not recognize these govts but johnson admitted many back into the union when he ascended to the presidency.
The black codes, a set of laws southern states began passing in 1865, after slaverys end, were a precursor to jim crow. Abraham lincolns 1863 emancipation proclamation had freed enslaved persons in states that were in rebellion, such as virginia. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Jim crow was the name of the racial caste system which operated primarily, but not. In the united states, the jim crow laws were made to enforce racial segregation, and included laws that would prevent african americans from doing things that a white person could do. Apr 01, 2010 i made this movie in my american studies class. South carolina sc africanamerican history reconstruction, 18651900 black codes and jim crow laws black codes and jim crow laws after the civil war, white southerners moved quickly to eliminate black peoples newfound freedom. This is a list of examples of jim crow laws, which were state and local laws in the united states enacted between 1876 and 1965. White people didnt have to follow these same rules. For more than a century after the civil war, a system of laws. Browse 607 jim crow laws stock photos and images available, or search for segregation or civil rights to find more great stock photos and pictures.
This unit looks at the economics of jim crow, how jim crow laws sustained black economic dependency, and why the rise of a black middle class challenged white supremacy. Jim crow era 1876 1954 jim crow 1880 to 1964 law articles on jim crow examples of jim crow laws ku klux klan and sexualized racismgendered violence postcivil war restrictions on interstate migration child level. Though the union victory had given some 4 million slaves their freedom, the question of freed blacks status in the postwar south was still very much. After the us civil war, the black codes were enacted to restrict the rights and liberties of freed africanamericans slaves in the southern states. Jim crow laws were laws created by white southerners to enforce racial segregation. Whats the difference between jim crow laws and the black. Analyzing black codes and jim crow laws background black codes. The black code was made to restrict rights of freed slaves. Under jim crow, african americans were given the status of secondclass citizens. They had different restrooms, water fountains, and schools. The codes imposed curfews on blacks, required unemployed blacks to be jailed and mandated that they get white sponsors to live in town or passes from their employers, if they worked in agriculture. Jim crow in maryland maryland department of education. Jim crow laws segregated african americans from whites. Jim crow was more than a series of strict antiblack laws.
Nazis admired the jim crow era laws that discriminated against black americans and segregated them from. Jim crow was not enacted as a universal, written law. Jim crow and segregation primary source set teacher. Jim crow etiquette operated in conjunction with jim crow laws black codes. Black codes were a violation of the 14th amendment. Jim crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the southern.