Richard Wright’s autobiography, Black Boy, tells about the real life occurrences that characterized his life from childhood until adulthood. The book begins with Richard’s boyhood, which was spent mostly growing up in the South where Jim Crow laws still dominated the every day lives of blacks. These laws stipulated that segregation was mandatory in public […]
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Once Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the War Between the States came to represent the fight of decent people to end the horrors of slavery. It was a move of genius on Lincoln’s part that provided a surge in Union numbers when ‘freed’ blacks enlisted, depleted labor sources in the South when […]
Although the term “Jim Crow” came from an upbeat display song (“Jump Jim Crow”), there was nothing about upbeat laws. Jim Crow laws allowed African Americans to enjoy the privileges of Caucasians. vn/tag/african-american-hair-care”>African Americans could sit in the car and which drinking fountains they could use. . These Jim Crow laws also controlled who African […]