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L2: African American Life After Reconstruction: Segregation, Jim Crow, and Racial Terrorism Equality and Hierarchy: The African American Experience. Homework : Consult Unit Schedule. Remember: 1. Read Primary Sources for Discussion Next Class.
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L2: African American Life After Reconstruction: Segregation, Jim Crow, and Racial Terrorism Equality and Hierarchy: The African American Experience Homework: Consult Unit Schedule. Remember: 1. Read Primary Sources for Discussion Next Class. 2. Reconstruction Paper Pre-Writing Check Due Next Class (Tan=Thurs; Red & Blue = Fri) • Agenda • Objective: • To understand White attempts to rebuild the social structure of the South following Reconstruction and the role of Jim Crow Laws and lynching in that process. • Schedule: • Group discussion of Jim Crow Laws • Group discussion of lynching • Putting it all together in a whole class discussion
The Jim Crow South • The Jim Crow South was a period in which whites tried to reinstate their definition of social order (racial inequality) following the normlessness of Reconstruction (1877- early 1900s for our purposes). • Today we want to understand the social order created in the Jim Crow South by examining…. • What threats/obstacles/fears did Whites see as challenging/attacking the social order? • What was the view of race held by Whites at this time? • How were views about class and gender tied up with ideas of race? • What was the social order that was created in the Jim Crow South? What do race relations look like?
Tasks for Today • Part One: Group Investigation of Jim Crow South • You will take a look at two aspects of the Jim Crow South: • Jim Crow Laws • Lynching • You will discuss our guiding questions with your group after looking at each aspect • What threats/obstacles/fears did Whites see as challenging/attacking the social order? • What was the view of race held by Whites at this time? • How were views about class and gender tied up with ideas of race? • What was the social order that was created in the Jim Crow South? What do race relations look like? • Part Two: Whole Class Discussion of the Ideas Generated in Our Groups
Aspect One: Jim Crow Laws • What are they? • Your task: • Review an excerpted list of Jim Crow laws • Briefly discuss our guiding questions with your group: • What threats/obstacles/fears did Whites see as challenging/attacking the social order? • What was the view of race held by Whites at this time? • How were views about class and gender tied up with ideas of race? • What was the social order that was created in the Jim Crow South? What do race relations look like? • Take 10 Minutes!
Aspect Two: Lynching • What is lynching? • Your task: • We will listen to a brief excerpt from a lecture on lynching by Yale University Professor Jonathan Holloway (23:00 to 30:00) • Briefly discuss our guiding questions with your group: • What threats/obstacles/fears did Whites see as challenging/attacking the social order? • What was the view of race held by Whites at this time? • How were views about class and gender tied up with ideas of race? • What was the social order that was created in the Jim Crow South? What do race relations look like? • Take 7 minutes!
Whole Class Discussion • What threats/obstacles/fears did Whites see as challenging/attacking the social order? • What was the view of race held by Whites at this time? • How were views about class and gender tied up with ideas of race? • What was the social order that was created in the Jim Crow South? What do race relations look like between 1877 and the early 1900s?
