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By: Dane, Santo, and Clyde

Segregation / Jim Crow. By: Dane, Santo, and Clyde. Jim Crow. Term came from dance show called “Jump Jim Crow” Appeared around 1928 Derogative towards African Americans This is the Jim Crow Character. Unravel of the Jim Crow Laws. Jim Crow laws began to unravel in the 1940’s

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By: Dane, Santo, and Clyde

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  1. Segregation / Jim Crow By: Dane, Santo, and Clyde

  2. Jim Crow • Term came from dance show called “Jump Jim Crow” • Appeared around 1928 • Derogative towards African Americans • This is the Jim Crow Character

  3. Unravel of the Jim Crow Laws • Jim Crow laws began to unravel in the 1940’s • In 50’s, Supreme Court struck down segregated schools • Civil rights, Voting rights, and Fair house acts were also passed

  4. Segregation • African Americans avoided power, due to white supremacists. • Wealthy blacks avoided any signs of wealth • Black WW1 veterans came back to find segregation in their community

  5. Vocabulary • Segregation: the condition or process in which people of different groups are kept separate from each other, or in which on group is kept apart form others. • Jim Crow Laws: laws that separated blacks from whites in all aspects in public life • Supremacists: One who believes a certain group should be supreme

  6. Citations • "segregation." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2009. Web. 27 Oct. 2009. http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com. • "Jim Crow laws." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2009. Web. 27 Oct. 2009. http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com. • "Jim Crow movement." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2009. Web. 27 Oct. 2009. <http://www.American history.abs-Clio.com>. • http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/history.htm

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