Jim Crow

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Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever!

George Wallace

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Topic

Jim Crow Segregation Civil rights

Speaker

George Wallace

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Era

Civil Rights Movement

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Citation

Wallace, George. "Inaugural Speech." 14 Jan. 1963, Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery, AL, USA.

I swear to the Lord
I still can't see
Why Democracy means
Everybody but me.

Langston Hughes

The Black Man Speaks

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Topic

Jim Crow Black experience

Author

Langston Hughes

Source

The Black Man Speaks

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Hughes, Langston. "The Black Man Speaks." Jim Crow’s Last Stand. Negro Publications Society of America, 1943, I. 1.

The arbitrary separation of citizens on the basis of race while they are on a public highway is a badge of servitude wholly inconsistent with the civil freedom and the equality before the law established by the Constitution... We boast of the freedom enjoyed by our people above all other peoples. But it is difficult to reconcile that boast with a state of the law which, practically, puts the brand of servitude and degradation upon a large class of our fellow citizens, our equals before the law. The thin disguise of "equal" accommodations for passengers in railroad coaches will not mislead anyone, nor atone for the wrong this day done.

John Marshall Harlan

Plessy v. Ferguson

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Separate but equal Jim Crow

Author

John Marshall Harlan

Source

Plessy v. Ferguson

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Dissenting opinion Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Harlan, John Marshall. Dissenting Opinion. Plessy v. Ferguson. United States Reports, vol. 163, 18 May 1896, pp. 552-564. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/163/537/.

To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone... We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

Earl Warren

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

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Topic

Jim Crow Segregation Civil rights

Author

Earl Warren

Source

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Warren, Earl. United States, Supreme Court. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. United States Reports, vol. 347, 17 May 1954, pp. 483-496. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/347/483/.

I had felt for a long time, that if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit, that I would refuse to do so.

Rosa Parks

Regarding the day in 1955 on which Ms. Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus for a white man. Widely considered the beginning of the US Civil Rights movement.

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Topic

Jim Crow Civil rights movement

Speaker

Rosa Parks

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Parks, Rosa. Quoted in Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, written by David Garrow. William Morrow, 1988, ch. 1.

Legislation is powerless to eradicate racial instincts or to abolish distinctions based upon physical differences, and the attempt to do so can only result in accentuating the difficulties of the present situation.

Henry Billings Brown

Plessy v. Ferguson

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Topic

Jim Crow Legal theory

Author

Henry Billings Brown

Source

Plessy v. Ferguson

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Brown, Henry Billings. United States, Supreme Court. Plessy v. Ferguson. United States Reports, vol. 163, 18 May 1896, pp. 537-564. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/163/537/.

Lynchings must not be tolerated in a great and civilized country like the United States; courts, not mobs, must execute the penalties of the law.

William McKinley

First Inaugural Address of William McKinley

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Topic

Lynching Jim Crow Rule of law

Speaker

William McKinley

Source

First Inaugural Address of William McKinley Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

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Citation

McKinley, William. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1897, Front of original Senate Wing, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.