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 * To set the stage for the civil rights movement, you must first understand the environment of segregation in the United States in the first half of the 20th century. What was life like in Jim Crow America? Cut and paste this information into a new page in your Unit 8 Online ISN. You (and your partner, if you have one) are African Americans who have lived through the era of Jim Crow in America. **** Using the links provided in this activity, respond to the “oral history questions” in first person **** . You can do this in Word by copying this document onto a new **** document ****, completing it using the resources below, and cutting and pasting it into a new page on your notebook. **


 * 1) Right after the Civil War, the 14th Amendment was ratified. What did the 14th Amendment provide for African Americans? What does “due process” and “equal protection of the laws” mean? ** [|**14th LINK**]


 * The 14th amendment gave the blacks civil rights and liberties. This also let blacks become citizens if they were born in the U.S. That means that the government will enforce and abridge privileges to citizens. **


 * 2) Unfortunately, your equal rights were challenged by the Supreme Court in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. What do you remember about the facts, decision, and impact of this case? ** [|**Plessy LINK**]


 * Plessy didn’t believe that he should have had to sit in the “Colored Car”. He thought that he should be able to sit in the white car. The decision was that blacks and whites can be separated, as long as things are equal. **


 * 3) The laws developed in the South became known as Jim Crow laws. Who was this Jim Crow fellow? Did he write the laws? **[| **Jim Crow LINK**]


 * Jim Crow was a name that represented segregation laws. He was a stereotype. He did not write the laws. **


 * 4) What are some specific examples of the Jim Crow laws from southern states? How did the laws affect you? **[|**Jim Crow Laws LINK 1**]** / **[|**Jim Crow Laws LINK 2**]** / **[|**Jim Crow Laws LINK 3**]


 * Some let whites and blacks play, sit, and talk to each other. Some let whites and blacks get married. Some let whites and blacks go to the same school. And some let colored people sit where they like. **


 * 5) What did Jim Crow America look like in the 1900s? What are some images that can help explain the realities of the time? **[|**Jim Crow Images LINK 1**] ** / **[|**Jim Crow Images LINK 2**]


 * Some parts of the U.S were good, but some were still very racist and segregated. **


 * 6) What happened in the Scottsboro Case? How did it make you feel as an African American in the South? ** [|**Scottsboro LINK**]


 * 9 black boys were accused of rape when they didn’t commit the crime. I think this is racist because they didn’t do this and they were accused because whites said they did it. **


 * 7) Why should anyone care **** about your life during Jim Crow America? **[|**Why should I care? Link**]


 * This is the time when whites and blacks were brought together. People could make more decisions and had more rights. **