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Jim Crow

Lenora West, Cornerstone 2012. Jim Crow. Preview. Laws Health Care Limitations Economic Status. Laws. 1876-1965 “Thomas ‘Daddy’ Rice popularize the term after hearing it sung by a black slave who used the term for entertainment.” ( Litwack , Jim Crow Blues). Health Care.

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Jim Crow

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  1. Lenora West, Cornerstone 2012 Jim Crow

  2. Preview • Laws • Health Care Limitations • Economic Status

  3. Laws • 1876-1965 • “Thomas ‘Daddy’ Rice popularize the term after hearing it sung by a black slave who used the term for entertainment.” (Litwack, Jim Crow Blues)

  4. Health Care • Excluded from Medical School • Unequal Care • “Laws or customs also required that black and white nurses tend only the sick of their own race.” (Litwack, Jim Crow Blues) • Medical Practice • “African Americans worked to establish their own hospital, medical schools, and health care facilities.” (Fauci, Racism and Health Care in America) ‘

  5. Health Care • Higher Death Rates

  6. Economics • Required Employment

  7. Economics • Low-Paying Jobs • “Since African Americans had low paying jobs local stores extended them credit throughout the year to purchase seeds, food, and equipment, but high interest rates meant that blacks fell further into debt, even forcing their children to continue sharecropping.” (Archuleta, Gale Virtual Reference Library)

  8. Review • Laws • Health Care Limitations • Economic Status

  9. Lenora West, Cornerstone 2012 Jim Crow

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