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Do Now. Think back to 7 th grade. What were Jim Crow laws? What was the KKK?. KKK and Jim Crow. 8 th Grade Mr. White February 4, 2011. Vocabulary. Ku Klux Klan - Jim Crow - . Vocabulary. Ku Klux Klan - a secret society of white Southerners in the United States
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Do Now • Think back to 7th grade. • What were Jim Crow laws? • What was the KKK?
KKK and Jim Crow 8th Grade Mr. White February 4, 2011
Vocabulary Ku Klux Klan - Jim Crow -
Vocabulary Ku Klux Klan - a secret society of white Southerners in the United States Jim Crow – Laws specifically limiting African American Rights
Jim Crow laws were laws passed to limit freedoms of African-Americans The KKK was formed in order to scare African-Americans
Example: • Education [The County Board of Education] shall provide schools of two kinds; those for white children and those for colored children. (Texas) • Mining The baths and lockers for the negroes shall be separate from the white race, but may be in the same building. (Oklahoma)
Jim Crow Laws were: A. Laws created to limit white rights in the North B. Laws created to limit white rights in the South C. Laws created to limit African American rights in the North D. Laws created to limit African American rights in the South
Homework Write a letter to a lawmaker as an African-American impacted by Jim Crow Laws. Ask the lawmaker to change the law and explain why you don’t like it. 5 Sentences.