Jim Crow Era Primary Source Analysis

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Slide 1 – Post-Civil War Situation After the Civil War and abolition of slavery, African Americans remained socially, politically and economically oppressed, particularly in the Southern states. Slide 2 – Jim Crow Laws Jim Crow laws enforced legal segregation in schools, transport, housing, restaurants and public services, keeping black and white communities strictly separated. Slide 3 – Legal Basis for Segregation The Supreme Court case Plessy v Ferguson (1896) approved “separate but equal...

This learning resource focuses on the institutionalization of segregation through Jim Crow laws following the Civil War. It outlines the legal framework established to enforce racial separation in various public aspects and examines key primary source documents such as the Louisiana Separate Car Act and the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. The resource includes guided annotation tasks and reflection questions to help students analyze how segregation was justified and maintained, as well as the responses from civil rights advocates like W.E.B. Du Bois and the NAACP, highlighting the ongoing struggle for equality against systemic oppression.