The Emergence of Jim Crow - America in Class
The Emergence of Jim Crow - America in Class
The Emergence of Jim Crow - America in Class
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Social SubjugationTo ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> this economic system, white Southerners had to sociallysubjugate black Southerners. <strong>The</strong>y created a system that degraded allblack people and branded them with daily rem<strong>in</strong>ders <strong>of</strong> the <strong>in</strong>feriority.<strong>The</strong>y wanted to prevent the development <strong>of</strong> a black middle class,which would have been pro<strong>of</strong> that blacks were not <strong>in</strong>ferior.How segregation spread:‣ Education‣ Facilities‣ Transportationamerica<strong>in</strong>class.org 20