JIM CROW LAWS
a. Read this paragraph and choose a word from the list to fill each space.
 barriers  Although  1900  citizens  1964  segregated  1865  1861  After  limit (v.)  racial  reached
_____________ the Civil War (fought from __________ to __________), millions of formerly enslaved
African Americans hoped to join the larger society as full and equal _____________ .
_____________ some white Americans welcomed them, others used people’s ignorance, racism, and
self-interest to sustain and spread _____________ divisions.
By __________, new laws and old customs in the North and the South had created a _____________ society that
condemned Americans of color to second-class citizenship. These laws were intended to restrict social contact between whites and
other groups and to _____________ the freedom and opportunity of people of color.
The movement for racial separation _____________ far beyond the South and targeted many people besides African
Americans. White communities across the country erected various kinds of _____________ between themselves and other racial
and ethnic groups.
Many of these laws were enforced until the Civil Rights Act of __________ .
Examples of Jim Crow laws
b. Read these laws and write the number that correspond to each law in the table
below.
c. Look at the map of the United States. Choose a color and color the states where these
laws where enforced.
1. It shall be unlawful for a negro and white person to play together or in company with each
other in any game of cards or dice, dominoes or checkers. Alabama
2. Streetcar companies are to separate white and black passengers. Arkansas
3. Separate tuberculosis hospitals are to be established for blacks. Delaware
4. All marriages between a white person and a negro, or between a white person and a person of negro descent to the
fourth generation inclusive, are prohibited. Florida
5. All persons licensed to conduct a restaurant, shall serve either white people exclusively or colored people exclusively
and shall not sell to the two races within the same room. Georgia
6. Railroad stations must provide separate but equal waiting rooms for the white and colored passengers. A sign posting
what race is in what room is to be seeable by everyone. Kentucky
7. Any person who shall rent any part of a building to a negro person or a negro family when such building is already in
whole or in part in occupancy by a white person or white family, or vice versa when the building is in occupancy by a negro person
or negro family, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Louisiana
8. White and colored passengers are to be assigned to separate areas of a steamboat. Maryland
9. Any person who shall be guilty of printing, publishing or circulating printed, typewritten or written matter urging or
presenting for public acceptance or general information, arguments or suggestions in favor of social equality or of intermarriage
between whites and negroes, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Mississippi
10. Separate free schools shall be established for the education of children of African descent; and it shall be unlawful for
any colored child to attend any white school, or any white child to attend a colored school. Missouri
11. Books shall not be interchangeable between the white and colored schools, but shall continue to be used by the race
first using them. North Carolina
12. Blacks are not allowed to use the same hearse as whites. Oklahoma
13. All circuses and tent shows must provide separate entrances for white and black customers. South Carolina
14. All railroads carrying passengers in the state shall provide equal but separate accommodations for the white and
colored races. Tennessee
15. Any white person of such county may use the county free library under the rules and regulations prescribed by the
commissioner’s court and may be entitled to all the privileges thereof. Said court shall make proper provision for the Negroes of
said county to be served through a separate branch or branches of the county free library, which shall be administered by a
custodian of the Negro race under the supervision of the county librarian. Texas
16. The white race and the colored race shall be separated in public halls, theaters, opera houses, motion picture shows or
any place of public entertainment or public assemblage which is attended by both white and colored persons. Virginia
17. Official records of black births, marriages, and deaths cannot be kept in the same books that contain records of white
births, marriages, and deaths. West Virginia
Public transportation
Leisure activities
Restaurants
Birth, health and death
Access to education
Housing
Promotion of equality
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Intermarriage
Expression de l'obligation et de l'interdiction
À retenir pour s'en servir
Expression de l'obligation :
HAVE TO
Black people had to obey Jim Crow laws.
BE FORCED TO
They were forced to stand in the back of the bus if all seats were taken there, even if there
were available seats in the white section.
BE COMPELLED TO
Businesses were compelled to discriminate against people on the basis of race.
BE MADE TO
Black people were made to sit at separate sections of theaters, libraries, and train stations.
Expression de l'interdiction :
BE FORBIDDEN TO
Blacks were forbidden to sit with whites in most public places.
BE BANNED FROM DOING SOMETHING
Blacks were banned from playing with whites in professional baseball.
NOT BE ALLOWED TO
Blacks and whites were not allowed to intermarry.
Qu'il faut être capable de reconnaître
(se trouvent surtout dans des documents administratifs)
SHALL + Base Verbale
BE TO + Verbe
Valeur contraignante du
modal SHALL, pour exprimer
l'obligation et l'interdiction.
Pour donner des ordres,
exprimer l'obligation.
The white race and the
colored race shall be
separated in public halls.
They shall not sit next to
each other.
Streetcar companies are to
separate white and black
passengers.
You are not to leave this
house without my
permission. Is that clear?