Jim Crow Era Research Paper

Jim Crow laws were a response to the ratification of the 13th Amendment, which consisted of the abolishment of slavery in the United States. Post Civil War - war between the United States and 11 Southern States that departed from the Union and ultimately the Confederate States of America was created. Laws were introduced in Southern States, such as Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Arizona, etc. It served as a way to impose racial segregations as well as place restrictions and limitations on Black-Americans. The Jim Crow Era impacted other groups of people, but Black Americans were impacted the most.

Some reasons as to why I deem the Jim Crow era to be the worst mistake in history is because the laws were meant to marginalize Black-Americans, in …show more content…
The reason black people resided was due to the hope of acquiring freedom from the oppression of Jim Crow and also to gain education/economic opportunities. Although, Black-Americans left the south, they still faced injustice/prejudice. So the migration didn’t give Black-Americans much justice, besides helping a bit with economic opportunities. And even with the economic opportunities the opportunities Black-Americans were given were inferior compared to those given to White-Americans. During this period, Black-Americans were shown to be inferior to White people. Which is shown through a popular case during the Jim Crow Era, known as the Plessy v. Ferguson case. In this case, a man named Plessy, who was of light complexion and considered black, sat in a car that was reserved for white passengers in Louisiana, and refused to move to the black car. He was later arrested due to the fact it went against the Separate Car Act. The court would ignore the direct purpose of the Separate Car Act, in which it was used to show the inferiority of Black Americans. The reason I included this case was because it shows the mistreatment and racism that was targeted at Black Americans. Another example was that during this time period there was a clear separation between white and black services/facilities. For example, black facilities were underfunded and of low standards compared to white

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