d States was fought from 1861-1865.In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the
which formally abolished slavery in the United States and declared all men free when it said:
"That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...."
So how is it possible that ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER, the Jim Crow Laws could still be in effect?
Your group's task:
Look at each of the following pictures which are examples of Jim Crow Laws throughout the southern United States in the 20th century.
How do they make you feel?
What do they make you want to do/say when you see them?
What about statements such as these about Jim Crow Laws:
1. One rationale for the systematic exclusion of Black Americans from southern public society was that it was for their own protection.....
2. Allowing Blacks in White schools would mean constantly subjecting them to adverse feelings and opinions which would not be fair for them to experience....
How do these make you feel when you hear them? What could members of society do to actually change these opinions, these laws, and these ways of thinking?!!? Could they do anything?
Sure....they could move NORTH because things must be better there, right?!
