How Do You Teach A Child About Jim Crow Laws?
Jim Crow laws were laws enacted at the local and state level that established separate but equal conditions for black Americans in the South. Because the laws were discriminatory to blacks, teaching children about them may be tougher than other history lessons. However, they are part of American history and children need to learn the good and bad parts of history. Explain Jim Crow laws began in the south after the United States freed the slaves who were owned by Southern farmers. The laws started being passed in 1876. Tell the children what Jim Crow laws did. Explain how they legally separated African Americans in public and private places, referring to it as segregation. Provide some examples of Jim Crow laws. For instance, in many places black people had to use separate restrooms than white people, separate drinking fountains and sit at the back of the bus if they were allowed on at all. Businesses, such as restaurants, had to serve white people and black people in separate rooms, or
