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Florida clings to Jim Crow era statute By Joshua Akers 1 a. Any negro man and white woman, or any white man and negro woman, who are not married to each other, who shall habitually live in and occupy in the nighttime the same room shall each be punished by imprisonment not exceeding twelve (12) months, or by fine not exceeding five hundred ($500.00) dollars. Page 5 2 a. The children of white and colored races committed to the houses of reform shall be kept entirely separate from each other. Page 8 3 a. The baths and lockers for the Negroes shall be separate from the white race, but may be in the same building.

Page 7 4 a. The [Conservation] Commission shall have the right to make segregation of the white and colored races as to the exercise of rights of fishing, boating and bathing. Page 9 5 a. It shall be unlawful for any amateur white baseball team to play baseball on any vacant lot or baseball diamond within two blocks of a playground devoted to the Negro race, and it shall be unlawful for any amateur colored baseball team to play baseball in any vacant lot or baseball diamond within two blocks of any playground devoted to the white race.

Page 6 An Analysis of Jim Crow Laws and their Effects on Race Relations By Jennifer Blue 1 b. Students are predominantly African American, belonging to a low socio-economic level. Page 1 2 b. Jim Crow was the name of an early Negro minstrel song. Page 3 3 b. Literature that illustrates and portrays universal aspects of African American culture from the 1960's through the 1990's.

Page 5 4 b. In this society, children will be confronted with many cultures and races different from their own. Page 7 5 b. The entire concept of Jim Crow is difficult to teach young students in first grade. Page 6 America's Apartheid: Jim Crow Laws By Carole D. Bos, J. 1 c.

It was New Year's Day for most folks, but not for America's slaves. Page 1 2 c. Lincoln's Proclamation freed slaves in the Confederate states. Page 3 3 c. As fast as Congress passed laws regarding the South, Johnson exercised his right to veto such legislation.

Page 9 4 c. News traveled slowly in those days and, when Congress was finally backed in session, legislators were shocked that reconstruction had moved so far ahead without their input. Page 5 5 c. One of the first victims was the 1875 civil rights act that law, which had guaranteed equal rights to blacks in public accommodations. Page 2.