Thesis
The Red Summer
Turning Points in History, 2024
Image Courtesy of the Library of Congress
During the early 1900s, racial tension skyrocketed legally and socially across the Southern United States.
Jim Crow Laws
From the 1860s to the 1900s, various American states imposed segregation through the Jim Crow Laws. States such as Alabama or Georgia could enforce legal punishments on African-Americans for acts of misdeed.
It shall be unlawful for colored people to frequent any park owned or maintained by the city for the benefit, use and enjoyment of white persons...and unlawful for any white person to frequent any park owned or maintained by the city for the use and benefit of colored persons. Georgia
"Jim Crow Laws" in Georgia, Courtesy of The Jim Crow Museum
It shall be unlawful to conduct a restaurant or other place for the serving of food in the city, at which white and colored people are served in the same room, unless such white and colored persons are effectually separated by a solid partition extending from the floor upward to a distance of seven feet or higher, and unless a separate entrance from the street is provided for each compartment. Alabama
"Jim Crow Laws" in Alabama, Courtesy of The Jim Crow Museum
"Wants 'Jim Crow' Law All Over the United States,", Courtesy of The Washington Times
"Ludicrous Effect of "Jim Crow" Car Law", Courtesy of The Richmond Planet
"No Dogs, Negroes, Mexicans", Courtesy of the Black History Collection
The Jim Crow Laws were a climax of racial tension across the Southern United States in the early 1900s.
The NAACP
NAACP Flag, Courtesy of the NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), founded in 1909, advocated for African-American rights. With prominent leaders such as W.E.B. Du Bois, they strived for equality.
NAACP Protest, Courtesy of the NAACP
NAACP Officials at the Annual Session, Courtesy of the NAACP
NAACP Advertisement, Courtesy of The Monitor
Lynching
Lynching is the public execution of an individual without integrity. These killings performed by riotous mobs were prevalent throughout the history of racism, not outlawed until recent times.
"The Shame of America", Courtesy of the Evening Star
Lynchings By Year and Race Statistic, Courtesy of the Archives at Tuskegee Institute
