Assignment: History
YouTube Videos: "Jim Crow of the North - Full-Length Documentary" and "Housing Segregation and Redlining in America: A Short History | Code Switch | NPR".
1. The History of Jim Crow
a. How did the term Jim Crow come about?
b. Does the term have a single meaning? If so, what is that meaning? If not, what are the multiple meanings? Give some examples.
c. How and when was Jim Crow dismantled?
d. What are some of the legacies of Jim Crow today?
2. Jim Crow of the North - Full-Length Documentary
a. What is a racially restrictive covenant? What do racial covenants achieve?
b. Based on the video, what likely prompted to the very first racial covenant in May of 1910?
c. What scientific era influenced the language, and therefore ideas, used in racial covenants?
d. What was the Supreme Court case that addressed the issue of racial covenants? What was the outcome? Was it effective?
e. What was the consequence for a homeowner who broke the racial covenant?
f. What impact has housing discrimination had on wealth accumulation for African Americans?
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
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