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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Essential Understand<strong>in</strong>gTo understand that the system known as <strong>Jim</strong> <strong>Crow</strong> didnot represent the natural order <strong>of</strong> th<strong>in</strong>gs. WhiteSoutherners imposed it to solve labor, political, social,and cultural “problems” that confronted them dur<strong>in</strong>gand after reconstruction. It took fifty years to perfectthis system <strong>of</strong> white supremacy and African <strong>America</strong>nsfought back at every turn.america<strong>in</strong>class.org 7
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