EDUC 3013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Literacy Test, Earl Warren, De Facto
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Under jim crow, african americans and other racial/ethnic minorities (for example, native americans and mexican americans) were relegated to the status of second class citizens: jim crow represented the legitimization of anti-black racism"". Legitimizing racism: ways of life: the following jim crow etiquette norms show how inclusive and pervasive these norms were: A black male could not offer his hand (to shake hands) with a white male. Birmingham, alabama, 1930: marriages are void when one party is a white person and the other is possessed of one-eighth or more negro, japanese, or chinese blood. nebraska, 1911. Los angeles housing development about 1950 this tract is exclusive and restricted : restricted real-estate covenant: In communities across the country, property owners signed agreements called restrictive covenants, these barred african americans and somethings other groups from neighborhoods. Legal battle against jim crow: brown v. board of education: the supreme court agreed to hear brown v. board of education in 1952.
