26 Quotes About Jim-crow

Our unity shocked them and we should continue to shock the white man by working together.” (Set the Night on Fire)

In the 1920s, Jim Crow Mississippi was, in all facets of society, a kleptocracy.

He didn’t proselytize at the get-togethers,” Otis recalled. “His talks with us dealt with standing together, respecting our traditions, defending our communities, treating our women with love and care, being responsible toward our children and not taking abuse from the racists in our society.” (On Malcolm X)

Racial segregation rendered black experience largely invisible to whites, making it easier for whites to maintain racial stereotypes about black values and culture. It also made it easier to deny or ignore their suffering.

You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.

A thousand ways every day, the white man is telling you "You can't live here, you can't enter here, you can't eat here, drink here, walk here, work here, you can't ride here, you can't play here, you can't study here." Haven't we seen enough to see that he has no plan to *unite* with you?

A number of laws that are said to protect citizens harkens back to "Jim Crow" era.

In 1972, fewer than 350,000 people were being held in prisons and jails nationwide, compared with more than 2 million people today (10),