Powerpoint

Jim Crow Laws/Racial Jim Crow Laws/Racial SegregationSegregation

By: Clayton Woodruff3rd period

5/1/09

The Great DebatersThe Great Debaters

The Great DebatersThe Great Debaters

THE GREAT DEBATERS is inspired by the amazing story of Wiley College’s winning debate team of the early 1930s. Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow South, THE GREAT DEBATERS chronicles the journey of the Wiley College debate team—coached by the passionate professor Melvin B. Tolson. It was Tolson’s recognition that the power of knowledge is the greatest advantage of all, which brought these students from underdogs to victors in a time when more than the odds were against them.!

*Jim Crow Laws: Enacted in 1876 and 1965*Mandated de jure segregation in all public

Facilities for black Americans and all other non white people.

*Examples:-Public Schools-Public Transportation-Restaurants & And Bathrooms

* Enacted for Southern States

*A White minstrel performer*A White minstrel performer

Thomas Rice* created a Stage character named Jim crow who made fun of Blacks. Later He became a name for the system of racial segregation that ran from the 1870’s to the 1960’s

xWho is Jim Crow ??????

JIM CROW SONGJIM CROW SONG

Original Eye Dialect English

Come, listen, all you gals and boys, I'm just from Tuckyhoe; I'm gwine to sing a little song, My name's Jim Crow. Chorus: Wheel about, an' turn about, an' do jis so; Eb'ry time I wheel about, I jump Jim Crow. I went down to de river, I didn't mean to stay, But there I see so many gals, I couldn't get away. I'm rorer on de fiddle, an' down in ole Virginny, Dey say I play de skientific, like massa Paganini. I cut so many munky shines, I dance de galloppade; An' w'en I done, I res' my head, on shubble, hoe or spade. I met Miss Dina Scrub one day, I gib her sich a buss; An' den she turn an' slap my face, an' make a mighty fuss. De udder gals dey 'gin to fight, I tel'd dem wait a bit; I'd hab dem all, jis one by one, as I tourt fit. I wip de lion ob de west, I eat de alligator; I put more water in my mouf, den boil ten load ob 'tator; De way dey bake de hoe cake, Virginny nebber tire;Dey put de doe upon de foot, an' stick 'em in de fire.

ome, listen, all you girls and boys, I'm just from Tuckahoe; I'm going to sing a little song, My name's Jim Crow. Chorus: Wheel about, and turn about, and do just so; Every time I wheel about, I jump Jim Crow. I went down to the river, I didn't mean to stay, But there I saw so many girls, I couldn't get away. I'm roaring on the fiddle, and down in old Virginia, They say I play the scientific, like master Paganini, I cut so many monkey shines, I dance the gallopade; And when I'm done, I rest my head, on shovel, hoe or spade. I met Miss Dina Scrub one day, I give her such a buss [kiss]; And then she turn and slap my face, and make a mighty fuss. The other girls are going to fight, I told them wait a bit; I'd have them all, just one by one, as I thought fit. I whip the lion of the west, I eat the alligator; I put more water in my mouth, then boil ten loads of potatoes. The way they bake the hoe cake, Virginia never tire; They put the dough upon the foot, and stick them in the fire

Outlawing Jim CrowOutlawing Jim Crow*trade, export, etc…*trade, export, etc…

◦ xThe Supreme Court began to overturn Jim Crow laws on lawful grounds in the Late 20th century.

◦ In one court case Buchanan vs. Warley(1917), the court held that a Kentucky law could not mandate a residential segregation. The Supreme Court in 1946, in case Irene Morgan vs. Virginia ruled segregation in public transportation to be non constitutional

◦ In a request of the commerce* clause of the Constitution. It was not until 1954 in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka that the court held that separate facilities were naturally unequal in the area of public schools

◦ These overturned Jim Crow in other areas of society as well. These Decisions slowly dismantled the state-sponsored segregation forced by Jim Crow laws

Escaping Jim CrowEscaping Jim Crow

Eventually the blacks migrated out of the Jim Crow-south eastern and mid-western cities, like mound bayou. They called this the great migration.

BIBLIOGRAPHYBIBLIOGRAPHY

Gardner, Edger. "Jim Crow Laws." 04/23/2009 Web.30 Apr 2009. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws>.

Ronald , Davis. "Escaping Jim Crow." The History Of Jim Crow. 05/01/2009. New York Life. 1 May 2009 <http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/escaping.htm>.