Jim Crow Era

Segregation and

Jim Crow Laws

Standard

SS5H6 Describe the importance of key people, events, and developments between 1950- 1975.

a. Analyze the effects of Jim Crow laws and practices.

Essential Question

What are the effects of segregation laws on our modern day society?

Multiple Choice

The term "_____ _____" was a term used to described newly freed African-Americans and became a named used for laws to separate people based on race.

• no way

• Jim Crow

• stay out

• freed person

Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FLASE: Separate is never equal.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Digging Deeper into the Laws

​From 1880s- 1960s

Source: Ferris State University Jim Crow Museum​

Georgia

Restaurants

"All persons licensed to conduct a restaurant, shall serve either white people exclusively or colored people exclusively and shall not sell to the two races within the same room or serve the two races anywhere under the same license."

Alabama

Buses

"All passenger stations in this state operated by any motor transportation company shall have separate waiting rooms or space and separate ticket windows for the white and colored races."

Mississippi

Schools

"Separate schools shall be maintained for the children of the white and colored races."

Segregation Outside the South

Other states with Jim Crow Laws:

• Arizona

• Maryland

• Missouri

• New Mexico

• Oklahoma​

• Wyoming​

Learn More through the Jim Crow Museum

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Look at the photo of segregated drinking fountains. Circle the differences that make these NOT equal.