Did you know that black people were treated like slaves even after slavery was abolished? Jim Crow laws relate to Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, a historical fiction novel by Mildred Taylor, because, black people were treated poorly in Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. What are Jim Crow laws? Did white people get the better end of the bargain? How did Jim Crow laws come to an end?
The Jim Crow laws affected everyone, but it didn’t affect everyone in the same way; white people benefited while black people suffered. Such as, in Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. "We Logans don't have much to do with white folks. You know why? 'Cause white folks mean trouble" (Taylor 158). The Logan family were a black family from when the Jim Crow Laws were in effect, from Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, a historical fiction novel by Mildred Taylor. The Logan family were stepped over by white people because they were black. Jim Crow laws were many extreme anti-black laws. “Jim Crow was the name of the racial caste system which operated primarily, but not exclusively in southern and border
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The Jim Crow laws ended with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Declaration of Independence stated that “All men are created equal” but at the time it only applied to wealthy white people. President John F. Kennedy started the process. He discussed this injustice to congress but shortly after he was killed, which was a setback but in the end Jim Crow laws against laws against black people but it ended.
In the end, Jim Crow laws were many anti-black laws. The black people suffered while the white people benefited. Jim Crow laws ended with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Jim Crow laws affected society to this day. In the end Jim Crow laws were a form of segregation where whites were considered superior and the black people were considered inferior. Just like in Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, when the Logans were considered inferior because they were