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Jim Crow: Old and New

Key Terms:

Jim Crow laws

Segregation

Pseudoscience & myths of white supremacy

Brown v. Board of Education (see module)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

New Jim Crow – Caste system

Mass Incarceration

War on Drugs

Unconscious bias

Unequal sentencing

Court cases (see Chapter 3 Alexander): see Whren, McCleskey, or Armstrong

Context: Jerrold Packard chronicles the Jim Crow system of oppression in the American South, leading us up through the “end” of Jim Crow with the Civil Rights Movement. Michelle Alexander picks up where Packard’s optimistic views of the end of Jim Crow left off, and argues that beginning in the late 20^th century, a new system of Jim Crow emerged with the development of Mass Incarceration.

In the “Preface” (see your CR), Alexander says,

I am writing this book … for another audience – those who have been struggling to persuade their friends, neighbors, teachers, co-workers, or political representatives that something is eerily familiar about the way our criminal justice system operates, something that looks and feels a lot like an era we supposedly left behind ….

Central Questions: Explore the two systems of Jim Crow, the old and the new. To what extent is there overlap? Explain 2 key areas of similarity, citing evidence and explaining important context from each work.  Additionally, what is one significant difference between the two systems, other than the time period in which they take place?

Essay Requirements:

• A clear thesis in the introduction
• Organized and developed sections in the body with ¶s that use the 4 steps
• Quote sandwiches/clear quote integration
• Quoted evidence from all texts: MLA in-text citations and works cited page
• Incorporate several relevant key terms into your essay – see list above.
• 4 They Say I Say templates and *3 new vocabulary words* – clearly marked