What is a Jim crow laws?

Answer 1

Jump Jim Crow is a song and dance from 1828 that was done in blackface by white comedian Thomas Dartmouth (T.D.) "Daddy" Rice. The number was supposedly inspired by the song and dance of a crippled African slave called Jim Cuff or Jim Crowvariously claimed to have resided in St. Louis, Cincinnati or Pittsburgh. The song became a huge 19th century hit, and Rice performed all over the country as Daddy Jim Crow.

As a result of Rice's fame, 'Jim Crow' had become a pejorative term for 'African-American' by 1838 and from this, the laws of racial segregation became known as Jim Crow laws.

Answer 2

"Daddy" Rice was a struggling performer in the minstrel shows that toured the South. He needed a new act. When he saw a dancing, elderly, black man (possibly a slave of Mr.Crow), Rice got an idea. He dressed in old, raggedy, clothes just like the dancing and singing old man. Rice used burnt cork to darken his white skin and brown-black makeup for his face. Then he pranced around the stage dancing and singing, "Come listen all you galls and boys, I am going to sing a song, My name is Jim Crow. Weel about and turn about and jump just so, Eb'ry time I weel about I jump Jim Crow." By the 1830s, Rice's crude mockery was a huge hit. Both northerners and southerners alike enjoyed Rice's grinning, singing, characters that portrayed blacks as laughing, dancing fools. His work finally took him to New York and London where his routine was equally successful. Soon, 'Jim Crow' was a common term spoken by Americans to describe African Americans. The term soon moved from describing people to describing laws and customs that segregated blacks. Although the federal government was against the idea of segregation, southern Democrats, who had recently lost ownership of their slaves because of the Civil War, were a determined as ever to deny blacks equal rights. The every-day laws people followed became known as 'Jim Crow Laws'. People had to use different transportation and attend separate schools and churches depending on their color. Today, though, there is no need for such a term. 'Ol Jim Crow has retired.

Answer 3

Jim Crow was a slave who was severely punished in the 19th century. The Jim Crow laws refer to laws that purposefully discriminated black people.

Answer 4

Jim Crow laws are laws that were passed in the Southern United States. They were used to keep African Americans from being in contact with Caucasian Americans.

Answer 5

Jim Crow laws refer to laws that made it okay for the races to be separated. African Americans couldn't use bathrooms designated "White Only."

Answer 6

The Laws were State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States, from 1877 until the mid 1960's

Answer 7

Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.