The Jim Crow Era | A Stain on America's Past

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An African American named Homer Plessy predated Rosa Parks' famous refusal to comply with racist transportation laws by more than 60 years. The Supreme Court upheld his conviction for sitting in a whites-only train car in Plessy v. Ferguson, leading to the Jim Crow era. Discover hard history and how "separate but equal" was far from equal.

00:00 Who Was Homer Plessy?
03:20 The Compromise of 1877 Reasserts White Supremacy
05:17 Plessy Violates the Separate Car Act
09:47 Plessy v Ferguson Supreme Court Decision
13:54 Plessy Case Ushers in Jim Crow Era
15:45 Different Forms of Slavery
19:57 The Purpose of Segregation
23:37 How African Americans Were Denied Voting Rights
27:38 Impact of Wilmington Massacre on Black Community
34:07 African American Activism

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[LoneStar]

“History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.” - Sydney J Harris

[markgreen]

Great condensed history of racial discrimination in the U.S. Unfortunately, many of the Confederate states would make it illegal for teachers to show their students this video.

[LearningCurves]

This makes me cry. As a White person, I cannot understand how one race can do this to people and treat them wrong. I will never ever be like this and I didn't teach my children to be this way. I was raised around Black people and know what it's like for them to be treated unfairly. I knew a black woman, We called her Grandmother, I can't remember exactly but She was around 75 or 80 when I was little, that was almost 45 years ago. She lived through Jim Crow era and would tell us stories of what happened to her in Alabama. She took us in and gave us tea and cookies and food when we needed it. She didn't have to, but she did. I'm forever thankful for her as it taught me that no matter the color, treat people equally. Her family treated us like we were their family. God Bless them all. It's people like that in my life that matter most to me. Thank you Grandmother. <3 Thank you for this documentary, this brought back some great memories for me. GBY.

[leehaseley]

I, as an Englishman, am very grateful to have seen this video. I had no idea that so much of the terrible segregation started in the northern states.

[DavidJamesHenry]

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[richiecolon]

The pace, direction, and execution of this topic is absolutely flawless—very well done!

[DissentOrConcur]

Love the speaker. Excellent, clear, no filler words, and SHARP

[daveharris]

This could not have been done better. Impeccable.

[frankc]

The truth is that everyone has African ancestry since the first humans evolved in Africa and then dispersed throughout the world. Skin color evolved to protect those people living near the equator to be protected from UV rays from the Sun and help people who live away from the equator to receive adequate UV rays to form vitamin D.

[doniphan]

Thank you for the video. It was well informed and very appropriate. A lot of Americans really don’t know about the truth and should watch this.

[jhole]

Very relivant, important and sad part of Our Country history.

[AmScEn]

It's not the dark side it is American history!

[Agenamigo]

Thank you, Sir. 🙏 I certainly learned a lot from your detailed explanation. 🙏🙏

[percywillis]

Glad I clicked! Hell of a video. Great job.

[vj]

THESE PEOPLE WERE PURE DEVILS! ALL OF THEM AREN'T DEAD AND SOME OF THEIR OFFSPRING STILL MAINTAIN THE SAME MINDSET!

[shirleyashanti]

Economics, politics and codes and customs aside, where did the hatred come from, which is what nobody can seem to explain. I still don't understand that part.

[compassioncampaigner]

The dark side of Am history?

understatement

[xhorxheetxeberria-tdhu]

A stain? No. A stain is something small that can be cleaned. This is a spill on our past. A huge spill that can not be easily removed. It has left it's mark for centuries.

[SweetpeaC]

And they’re trying to get rid of black history in schools. Smh. Hate it. I hope most people know that this actually happened and still is happening to a different degree today.

[carolehrlich]

I really enjoyed this history lesson learned a lot