Jim Crow - The original one
Who was Jim Crow and what were the Jim Crow laws ? Well, here is the beginning of an answer.
The Jim Crow Laws - A few examples
“It shall be unlawful for a negro and white person to play together or in company with each other in any game of cards or dice, dominoes or checkers.”
Birmingham, Alabama, 1930
“Separate free schools shall be established for the education of children of African descent; and it shall be unlawful for any colored child to attend any white school, or any white child to attend a colored school.”
Missouri, 1929
" Separate but equal"...
The Jim Crow Laws - A few examples
“It shall be unlawful for a negro and white person to play together or in company with each other in any game of cards or dice, dominoes or checkers.”
Birmingham, Alabama, 1930
“Separate free schools shall be established for the education of children of African descent; and it shall be unlawful for any colored child to attend any white school, or any white child to attend a colored school.”
Missouri, 1929
The reality of segregation
Two signs among many others in the public places
A special report on the Jim Crow Laws
A podcast ( testimonies) (from :http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org)
A link to the video entitled "Surviving segregation in Alabama". If you want to use it as a training exercise for the exam, just watch it three times and then, sum it up in French.
A link to the video entitled "Surviving segregation in Alabama". If you want to use it as a training exercise for the exam, just watch it three times and then, sum it up in French.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT ...
You can choose this document for the final exam. It's up to you ! :-)
I HAVE A DREAM...
(From "Time", 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech)
GOING FURTHER... RUBY BRIDGES
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| This painting by Norman Rockwell and entitled " The Problem We All Live With" could be chosen for the final exam! ;-) |
Who was Ruby Bridges ?
Well, she was the first black child to attend the all-white William Frantz elementary school (in New Orleans, Louisiana) in 1960.
Interview of Ruby Bridges
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After the various presentations done by some of you, here are a few documents to illustrate each of them ( well, I put the KKK aside)...
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
MALCOLM X
ROSA PARKS
http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/sittingdown.htm
Link to the video watched in class last Tuesday ( from 1:02 to 2:16)
HARLEM RENAISSANCE
"Jeunesse" by Palmer Hayden.
For those who are interested in this topic http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_harlem.html
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