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Jim Crow Laws
ORIGIN OF THE TERM JIM CROW
A short description of the origin of the term Jim Crow in 19th century minstrel shows, with a link to an audio file of the song, "Jump Jim Crow."
http://www.uic.edu/educ/bctpi/historyGIS/greatmigration/gmdocs/jim_crow_origin.html
THE ‘JIM CROW’ CAR
An article that appeared in a 1911 issue of The Crisis which convincingly criticizes railways for providing separate but unequal accommodations to African American passengers.
http://www.yale.edu/glc/archive/979.htm
JIM CROW LAWS (SOUTHERN STATES)
A sampling of Jim Crow law excerpts from various southern states
http://www.nps.gov/malu/documents/jim_crow_laws.htm
ALONG THE COLOR LINE: POLITICAL (ARKANSAS)
A 1910 update by The Crisis on the proposed amendment to insert a “grandfather clause” into the Arkansas Constitution.
http://www.yale.edu/glc/archive/1031.htm
READING THE FINE PRINT: THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE (LOUISIANA)
Excerpts from a very confusing (purposely so) Article in the Constitution of the State of Louisiana restricting the voting rights of African Americans with techniques such as literacy, property ownership, and the “grandfather clause.”
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5352/
http://www.yale.edu/glc/archive/1154.htm
ANNOTATED MISSISSIPPI CODE: UNLAWFUL MARRIAGES (MISSISSIPPI)
A series of three sections from the 1927 Mississippi Code detailing which marriages are unlawful. Interesting for its implication of equivalence between biracial marriages and incest.
http://www.yale.edu/glc/archive/975.htm
CODE OF ALABAMA: JIM CROW LAWS (ALABAMA)
A series of sections from the 1923 Alabama Code detailing prohibitions against biracial marriage, requirements of a poll tax, and goals for establishing separate schools for whites and blacks.
http://www.yale.edu/glc/archive/976.htm
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE CO-EDUCATION OF THE WHITE AND COLORED RACES (TENNESSEE)
A series of sections from the 1901 Laws of Tennessee detailing various rules regarding the prohibition of “white and colored races from attending the same…places of learning.”
http://www.yale.edu/glc/archive/1155.htm
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