Race and Place: An African American Community the Jim Crow South

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Subject:

Social Sciences

Institution Name:

Virginia Center for Digital History

Collection:

University of Virginia

Grade Level:

Primary, Secondary, Post-secondary

Abstract:

Race and Place is an archive about the racial segregation laws, or the 'Jim Crow' laws from the late 1880s until the mid-twentieth century. The focus of the collection is the town of Charlottesville in Virginia. The Jim Crow laws segregated African-Americans from white Americans in public places such as schools, and school buses. The archive contains photos, letters, two regional censuses and a flash map of the town of Charlottesville. The Jim Crow laws were not overturned until the important Brown versus Board of Education court ruling in 1954 (but not totally eliminated until the Civil Rights Act of the 1964). The project intends to connect race with place by understanding what it was like to live, work, pray, learn, and play in the segregated South.

Course Type:

Learning Module

Languages:

English

Material Type:

Readings

Media Format:

Graphics/Photos, Text/HTML

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Copyright Holder:

Copyright 2002, Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia