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Negative Effects Of Black Civilianians Resisted Jim Crow Laws

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Did you know that with all that Black Louisianians had to endure with the Jim Crow Segregation, they managed to resist and get the rights they deserve?Black Louisianians gained many things during Reconstruction, the end of Reconstruction, and in the introduction of Jim Crow laws in Louisiana. The things they gained during reconstruction, African Americans were given the right to vote, and some even held political office. At the end of Reconstruction, Southern Blacks were then treated as second-class.Then, in the introduction of Jim Crow laws, many accepted the fact that separated facilities for white and blacks were necessary.Black Louisianians Resisted Jim Crow laws in several ways. Black Louisianians resisted Jim Crow segregation in many …show more content…

This hurts those in power of Louisiana, because if there aren't people living in Louisiana and working for the jobs there, it has a negative effect. This helps those resisting and moving away, because it gives black Louisianians an opportunity to get money and a better job in their new …show more content…

According to Document D, it states, "'Now everybody is gonna stick together this moment. Nobody don’t get off this bus and we go stick together.'. . . The police came and tried to make us get up and we said, 'If you put these two in jail, you’re gonna have to put all us in jail.'" This type of resistance is effective, because it proves that white Louisianians and black Louisianians had certain seats on transportation, and black Louisianians would not let that slide, and the effect this creates is giving all black Louisianians rights to sit where they feel comfortable on the bus, since they feel that their skin color is no excuse to use when excluding them from the rights that white Louisianians have when using transportation service. This hurt those in power in Louisiana, because those in power would no longer have their reserved seats that they had due to their mindset that they deserved to have their own rights unlike black Louisianians. This helped those resisting, because it finally gave them the power and strength to resist from having to sit somewhere that they don't feel like sitting all due to blatant

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