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Have you ever wondered if Jim Crow was a real person? Well, we have the answer to that question."Jim Crow" actually came from, a song that was popular in about 1828, Jim Crow was a song and a dance done in blackface by a comedian named, Thomas Dartmouth. The song was originally inspired by a black man from Cincinatti who was crippled and was know as Jim Cuff or Jim Crow. The tune became very well known not only in the United States but all around the world. In 1841 the USA ambassador to John Lloyd Stephens, wrote that upon his arrival in Mérida, Yucatán, the local brass band played "Jump Jim Crow" under the mistaken impression that it was the USA's national anthem. Since the song was about an African man the song became often know as a song for the African American's and "Jim Crow" became a term well know for the African Americans. Come, listen, all you gals and boys, I'm just from Tuckyhoe; I'm gwine to sing a little song, My name's Jim Crow. Chorus: Wheel about, an' turn about, an' do jis so; Eb'ry time I wheel about, I jump Jim Crow. I went down to de river, I didn't mean to stay, But there I see so many gals, I couldn't get away. I'm rorer on de fiddle, an' down in ole Virginny, Dey say I play de skientific, like massa Paganini. I cut so many munky shines, I dance de galloppade; An' w'en I done, I res' my head, on shubble, hoe or spade. I met Miss Dina Scrub one day, I gib her sich a buss; An' den she turn an' slap my face, an' make a mighty fuss. De udder gals dey 'gin to fight, I tel'd dem wait a bit; I'd hab dem all, jis one by one, as I tourt fit. I wip de lion ob de west, I eat de alligator; I put more water in my mouf, den boil ten load ob 'tator. De way dey bake de hoe cake, Virginny nebber tire; Dey put de doe upon de foot, an' stick 'em in de fire.

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The Jim Crow laws were laws that were enforcing segregation,from about 1880 to around 1960. They were the laws that kept the blacks from the whites and the laws that made it illegal for blacks to simpley ride the bus in the same seat or near the whites on buses. Some laws that were enforced in Alabama; Every employer of white or negro males shall provide for such white or negro males reasonably accessible and separate toilet facilities, all passenger stations in this state operated by any motor transportation company shall have separate waiting rooms or space and separate ticket windows for the white and colored races. Louisiana; The board of trustees shall...maintain a separate building...on separate ground for the admission, care, instruction, and support of all blind persons of the colored or black race. North Carolina; Books shall not be interchangeable between the white and colored schools, but shall continue to be used by the race first using them. Those are just some of the many laws that the whites had against the blacks. Segregation laws were enforced all over the United States.



After the many efforts from people such as Martin Luther King Jr, and The Freedom Riders, these laws were abolished in 1960. It's terrifying to her some of the struggles they had went through just to simply be free, and have a life without being talked down to. One incident would be whenever The Freedom Riders tried to buses to different places in the United States, to help get rid of the Jim Crow laws, and one of their buses was set on fire, and the other one was stopped and the blacks were dragged off the bus by the Klu Klux Klan and beaten to death. These buses were filled with blacks and whites. Martin Luther King Jr. marched in many parades and was arrested many times for his people. He gave speeches, and tried everything in his power to change the people. Dr. King was shot and killed in 1977 and James Earl Ray was arrested and later convicted of murder. After the several efforts done by the many determined people, the United States had changed forever and the Jim Crow laws were finally gone. ("Get On the Bus: The Freedom Riders of 1961 : NPR." //NPR : National Public Radio : News & Analysis, World, US, Music & Arts : NPR//. Web. 25 Feb. 2010. [].) .