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- "Jim Crow Guide to the U.S.A.," 1959 - Activist, folklorist and author Stetson Kennedy exposed American racism in his book <em>Jim Crow Guide to the U.S.A.</em> First published in France in 1956 -- he could find no American publisher to take on the project -- this mock guidebook uncovered the reach of Jim Crow inequality. Kennedy examined a number of areas including where one could live, work, travel, eat, sleep or study.
- 1959
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"Jim Crow Guide to the U.S.A.," 1959
Activist, folklorist and author Stetson Kennedy exposed American racism in his book Jim Crow Guide to the U.S.A. First published in France in 1956 -- he could find no American publisher to take on the project -- this mock guidebook uncovered the reach of Jim Crow inequality. Kennedy examined a number of areas including where one could live, work, travel, eat, sleep or study.
- Everyday Jim Crow - Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, America was legally ruled by segregation – the separation of citizens based on race and ethnicity. These laws, both formally written into law and local, societal norms, often were based on historic Black Codes.
- November 21, 2024
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Everyday Jim Crow
Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, America was legally ruled by segregation – the separation of citizens based on race and ethnicity. These laws, both formally written into law and local, societal norms, often were based on historic Black Codes.
- Segregated Travel and the Uncommon Courage of Rosa Parks - On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a soft-spoken African American seamstress, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
- February 05, 2018
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Segregated Travel and the Uncommon Courage of Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a soft-spoken African American seamstress, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
- Day of Courage: Segregation -
- January 08, 2013
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Day of Courage: Segregation
- Black Entrepreneurs during the Jim Crow Era - The more that Jim Crow laws cut off Black communities, and the more that white businessmen refused to cater to Black customers, the more possible it became for enterprising African American entrepreneurs to create viable businesses of their own.
- February 21, 2018
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Black Entrepreneurs during the Jim Crow Era
The more that Jim Crow laws cut off Black communities, and the more that white businessmen refused to cater to Black customers, the more possible it became for enterprising African American entrepreneurs to create viable businesses of their own.
- Cotton is King, Plantation Scene with Pickers at Work, Georgia - This stereograph depicts people picking cotton while a man on horseback oversees the work. This juxtaposition reinforced associations between African Americans and enslavement. The message reached consumers during the Jim Crow era, a period marked by violence against African Americans and entrenchment of racial discrimination through state laws and the <em>Plessy v Ferguson</em> U.S. Supreme Court decision.
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Cotton is King, Plantation Scene with Pickers at Work, Georgia
This stereograph depicts people picking cotton while a man on horseback oversees the work. This juxtaposition reinforced associations between African Americans and enslavement. The message reached consumers during the Jim Crow era, a period marked by violence against African Americans and entrenchment of racial discrimination through state laws and the Plessy v Ferguson U.S. Supreme Court decision.
- Rodger Clark's No. 1 Barber Shop, Atlanta, Georgia, 1935-1950 - Photographic cards like this one, with their glued-on labels, were a preliminary step taken by Dexter Press before producing postcards for small-business owners to mail or hand out. During the first half of the 20th century, Jim Crow laws in the South dictated racial segregation in public places. African-American barber shops became centers for both socializing and political activism.
- 1935-1950
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Rodger Clark's No. 1 Barber Shop, Atlanta, Georgia, 1935-1950
Photographic cards like this one, with their glued-on labels, were a preliminary step taken by Dexter Press before producing postcards for small-business owners to mail or hand out. During the first half of the 20th century, Jim Crow laws in the South dictated racial segregation in public places. African-American barber shops became centers for both socializing and political activism.
- Sign from Doctor's Office, "Colored Entrance in Rear," circa 1950 - "Jim Crow" laws separated blacks from whites in all aspects of daily life. Favoring whites and repressing blacks, these become an institutionalized form of inequality. Through separate (and inferior) public facilities like building entrances, elevators, cashier windows, and drinking fountains, African Americans were reminded everywhere of their second-class status. These practices were finally outlawed by the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
- circa 1950
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Sign from Doctor's Office, "Colored Entrance in Rear," circa 1950
"Jim Crow" laws separated blacks from whites in all aspects of daily life. Favoring whites and repressing blacks, these become an institutionalized form of inequality. Through separate (and inferior) public facilities like building entrances, elevators, cashier windows, and drinking fountains, African Americans were reminded everywhere of their second-class status. These practices were finally outlawed by the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
- Button, "I Won't Live with Jim Crow: Civil Rights Congress," circa 1948 - The term "Jim Crow" implied the systematic practice of discriminating against and segregating African Americans, especially in the American South, from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries. The Civil Rights Congress (1946-1956) became a brief force in civil rights battles. However, with its ties to the American Communist Party, it became victim to Cold War anticommunism and government repression.
- circa 1948
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Button, "I Won't Live with Jim Crow: Civil Rights Congress," circa 1948
The term "Jim Crow" implied the systematic practice of discriminating against and segregating African Americans, especially in the American South, from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries. The Civil Rights Congress (1946-1956) became a brief force in civil rights battles. However, with its ties to the American Communist Party, it became victim to Cold War anticommunism and government repression.
- "To Establish the Rule of Justice": 60 Years of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - The 1960s were a decade filled with turbulence and change. The country was beginning to come out of the fog of grief caused by the death of President John F. Kennedy, and the healing was still raw.
- February 21, 2024
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"To Establish the Rule of Justice": 60 Years of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
The 1960s were a decade filled with turbulence and change. The country was beginning to come out of the fog of grief caused by the death of President John F. Kennedy, and the healing was still raw.