The Jim Crow Series: Laws, Racism, & Miscegenation

Episode 2 of the Jim Crow Series is all Jim Crow laws and etiquette that kept races divided, beginning in 1877 after the Reconstruction era. I also discuss miscegenation laws, which were laws that banned interracial marriages, and how these laws went along with the idea of "unnatural" relationships and symbolized white purity. 

Under Jim Crow, African Americans were given the status of second-class citizens and Jim Crow represented the legitimization of racism. Ensuring white supremacy prevailed was of utmost importance in America, and in this episode, I connect the dots for you to see how this history must be acknowledged today.

Books/sources mentioned in this episode (there are countless others available as well):
What Comes Naturally: Miscegenation Law and the Making of Race in America by Peggy Pascoe
The Age of Jim Crow by Jane Dailey
The New York Public Library's Digital Archive
Smithsonian Institute

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