HIST-3240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jim Crow Laws, New Negro, Prophet Motive
Document Summary
During 1910s conditions for southern blacks were getting worse, golden age of racism. When woodrow wilson became president segregation was in the federal government. North wanted laws that were like jim crow laws. Birth of a nation: based on 1905 novel the clansman. Leo was manager of pencil factory in atlanta. Charged with sexual assault and death of mary fagan his employee. He was innocent, put in prison, people broke him out of prison and hung him. In 1915 men opened bible to romans 12 on stone mountain. Romans 12: do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Leader was ex methodist minister, colonel simmons, dreamer. 2 claimed to be moral order, went after adulterers, wife beaters, abortionists, moonshiners. 3 kkk spread outside the south, went to midwest, less blacks there so they went after immigrants, jews, catholics.
