Blog #5

This is my rebuttal to Amber Farrant’s Blog on the Literatue of the Reconstruction to the New Negro Renaissance. I chose to define and discuss...Jim Crow laws, Enforcement acts, and The Urban League

Jim Crow laws- The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. They mandated segregation in all public facilities, with a "separate but equal" status for black Americans and members of other non-white racial groups. In my opinion they were not important, they we just another way for people who were not white to struggle more. They were stupid, and unfair in every aspect.

Enforcement acts- The Enforcement Acts in the United States from 1870 to 1871 were meant to protect rights of southern blacks following ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution as part of Reconstruction. One protected black votes, another provided federal supervision of southern elections, and another strengthened sanctions against those who attacked blacks or prevented them from voting, allowing the President to use troops to enforce the law and suspend habeas corpus. It was also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act. These acts were very important, in a sense African Americans could feel safer when they went to the polls to vote.

Urban league- The National Urban League (NUL), formerly known as the National League of black men and women, is a civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States. It is the oldest and largest community-based organization of its kind in the nation. This group is important because it looks out for the interest of the African American people. They made sure that the interest of the African American people was at hand.