Jim Crow laws, which were named after a popular black character in racist minstrel shows, affected states across the nation from the 1880s into the 1960s. Laws that fell under Jim Crow include the 1911 Nebraska one that voided interracial marriages between whites and people of African, Chinese...
Examples of racial inequality in our history consist of the American-Indian war, slavery, Jim Crow laws, and general discrimination. Thus the term “White Supremacy,” meaning Whites have dominance and are superior, came about. The feeling of Whites Supremacy is still felt in today’s society,...
The British monarch is the head of the royal family that once ruled the British Empire and who is now basically a figurehead in the constitutional monarchy government. Traditionally, the eras in England are named after the monarch, such as the Edwardian Era, which was the time period when Kin...
the passage of “Jim Crow” laws, the curtailment, if not the abolition, of public schools, and the practical reinstatement of the colored people in certain sections of the south.
The first is C. Vann Woodward’sThe Strange Career of Jim Crow.InJim CrowWoodward tells the story of the emergence of the increasingly severe laws enforcing segregation in the South following the end of Reconstruction. (In the North we were more De Facto than De Jure about segregation.)They...
I often have this feeling at shows, especially shows where higher-level or hyped bands are playing and something of grand significance is supposedly going on. It’s a natural reaction, I think, after reading so much fawning praise of bands, to see them live or hear a song and think “...
Tradition has far more power than law, and I believe laws are often created to uphold a waning tradition. There is no reason for the law until the practice becomes more common, though there are exceptions such as murder and rape, etc. These are with us always. The Jim Crow laws in the...
Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs, and structural biases have to be changed.”I’ve provided the larger context so it is clear that when Clinton says, “far too many women are still denied critical access to ...
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are special to those with that disease. (Note to self and my gardening buddies: let’s plant even more sunflowers on the triangle this year). I also connected with a hospital chaplain who got me signed up for an Interfaith retreat for women on the Cape Cod the weekend after Easter. And...