I couldnt find much about my family history so I did my assigned blog over Jim Crow Laws.
In 1876 to 1965 many of the states became segregated because of the Jim Crow Laws. The Jim Crow Laws stated that most places were segregated but "seperate but equal." During the 1950's most restaurants, restrooms, public transporation, and sometimes even drinking fountains were segregated. There were signs saying which the whites and colored people to use. Also the US military became segregated during that time. There was a lot of mob violence during the time of segregation. Over 3,700 people were reported lynching in US, most of them were mistaken as southern blacks.
The Jim Crow Laws started in 1890 around the Reconstruction peroid in the South. The Jim Crow Laws got its name because of the song performed by Thomas "Daddy" Rice. He blackened his face by charcoal and danced around singing "Jump Jim Crow." The people in the South started The Jim Crow Laws because they didnt want the blacks to improve their status and achieving equality. In 1883, the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional the Civil Rights Act on 1875. The Act said that "That all persons shall be entitled to full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement." In 1896 the Plessy case was a big obstacle for equal rights for blacks.
During this time period the blacks felted like they didnt belong in the United States because of all the segregation and laws about how they didnt have the right to vote. These segregation happened because the whites didnt want to share anything with the blacks. Both the South and North were segregated. The blacks thought if they went to the North that there weren't going to be any segregation but it was the same as the South.
I personally this was a low time in our country because I don't think its fair that colored people were segregated from the whites. That they had to have their own bathrooms, schools, and drinking fountains. I just think that everyone should be created equal.
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Good job!