How Did Jim Crow Laws Affect The Lives Of African Americans

The African American were given “equality” but were separated from the whites because of their race being seen as less important in the eyes of the rest of society. The Jim Crow laws were segregations against African-Americans that were enforced by states or laws, they mainly exist in the South during 1877 and 1950’s .The Jim Crow laws had a major effect on the lives of African American as it separated them from the whites creating two different societies.

Whites usually didn’t like to interact with the “inferior” race. So the African Americans were “.....not allowed certain privileges of the white people. Namely, eating at the same table, rooms at the same hotel, riding in the same sections on trains. Divisions are made

This is shown when David Aretha says “Whites preferred the system for several reasons. They could devote more tax dollars to white facilities (such as schools) and less to black facilities (David Aretha).” The blacks were affected majorly because it cause them to be treated unfairly and have less money to improve their schools, fountains, restaurants, restrooms and many more public places. As they lived in poor conditions they couldn’t receive a good education and could get easily sick due to their facilities being old and not

This is shown in the article “Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow” “In an effort to preserve their superiority and keep blacks "in their place," whites in the South enforced the color line with the use of physical violence (The African American experience).” Many whites would abuse the African American to scare them so they wouldn’t go off and practice their rights. The whites were in denial and didn’t want the blacks to be independent. Many of them tried to escape but were caught and some of them would get killed or hit.

Some people wrote books to raise awareness about was happening with the blacks. This is shown in the book “American Eras” when it says “... some of the benign aspects of slavery of the relationship between master and slave, it emphasizes the inequities and cruelty of slavery(Thomas J. Brown).” Some aspects such as the relationships in the time of slavery were not fair. Yet connected mostly to cruelty such rape , whipping , stabbing , or other domestic violence for the blacks. The Jim Crow laws just enforced the cruelty and separation against