Jim+Crow+Laws



=Summary= When one thinks of the origin of the Jim Crow Laws, they usually imagine a white guy named Jim Crow who really hated Black people. Actually, the Jim Crow laws are said to have originated around 1830 when a white show performer painted his face black with charcoal and danced around pretending to be a crippled black man while singing the lyrics: //"Weel about and turn about and do jis so,// //Eb'ry time I weel about I jump Jim Crow."// The performer got these ideas from an actual crippled black man he saw (Davis). The Jim Crow Laws were laws that enforced physical segregation among not only Whites and African Americans, but Mexicans and Spaniards as well. The main turmoil, however, existed inbetweent the Black and White Population (Davis). The segregation was prevalent among businesses and the transportation industry, also. =Works Cited= Davis, Ronald L. F. "Creating Jim Crow: In Depth Essay." //The History of Jim Crow//. New York Life Insurance. Web. 09 May 2010. .

Pilgram, David. "What Was Jim Crow?" //Ferris State University: Michigan College Campuses in Big Rapids MI, Grand Rapids MI, Off Campus Locations Across Michigan//. Ferris State University, Sept. 2000. Web. 10 May 2010. .

Wells, Ida. "Jim Crow Laws." //Spartacus Educational - Home Page//. Spartacus Educational. Web. 10 May 2010. . =Interesting Links (Rated best to worst)= 2. [] 3. []
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