Primary Source from the Anthology

“Race and the southern Worker,” an article that discusses segregation in the south, by “let nobody turn us around.” on page 183. This article discusses unknown negro women, where she shares her experiences about being African American in the south, especially being a black woman. She addresses how African Americans are being mistreated and affected by the segregation between whites and blacks in her neighborhood. She claims that she and her husband will always be discriminated against by whites for living in that neighborhood. it states, “The people who lived next door received the sympathy of their friends. When we walked on the street (there were no sidewalks), we were embarrassed by the stare of many unfriendly eyes.” This shows that even if many southern Africans Americans gained freedom, they were still not welcome . This also relates to the article “Time, Space, and the Evolution of Afro-American Society Afro-American Society on British Mainland North America.” by Ira Berlin because we could see how the two plantation systems affected the African Americans who gained freedom in the south. For example After the civil war many southern blacks obtained rights. However, the south never wanted slavery to end because they needed slaves for cropping. But they were forced to give up slavery, which caused them to develop the jim crow laws. The Jim Crow laws enforced segregation between whites and blacks in public places and made it difficult for black people to vote. Basically, Southern blacks didn’t gain many rights because they were never seen as free in the eyes of the southern.