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Pushing Towards Civil Rights

Jim Crow: Legislating Inequality

9-12
One class period
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Learning Objectives

  • Define Jim Crow laws 
  • Explain how rights granted in the 14th and 15th Amendments were restricted by Jim Crow laws
  • Describe the economic and social hierarchy these laws created based on race
  • Analyze Black Americans’ responses to Jim Crow laws
  • Explain the legal challenge to segregation in the case Plessy v. Ferguson and the Court’s ruling
     
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Overview

Equality under the law is an ideal, not a reality. In this lesson, students explore state segregation laws and their political, economic, and social impact on African Americans in the Jim Crow era. Students also explore how Black communities resisted these laws and assess the lasting impact on people’s lives and opportunities.

 

This material is based upon work supported by the National Defense Education Program (NDEP) for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education, Outreach, and Workforce Initiative Programs under Grant No. HQ0034-21-S-F001. The views expressed in written materials or publications, and/or made by speakers, moderators, and presenters, do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Defense nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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