DESCRIPTION:
Jim Crow Laws: Legalized racial segregations allowing white southeners to separate themselves from blacks in nearly all social situations.

Blacks had separate transportation, schools, parks, resturants, etc.
~All poorly funded and inferior to whites





VOTING ISSUES:
Southern Blacks were not allowed to vote. This was called disfranchisement.

Then, there were laws passed stating regulations for blacks to vote:
1. The Ability to read and write. ~Many blacks had no education.
2. Property Ownership. ~Property was hard for blacks to obtain
3. Paying a Poll Tax. ~Many blacks were too poor to pay this tax.

Even if a black made it past these hurdles, that person could not vote in the Democratic Primaries.




NORTHERN CIRCUMSTANCES:
Northern Blacks were usually free to vote

Most schools were usually intergrated.

Blacks were generally denied entrance to the best hotels and resturants.

Even though circumstances were mostly better in the North for Negroes, Racism was still present. This was evident because there was a Riot in Chicago.




FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S HELP:
Even though FDR was not a fan of Black Rights, his wife Eleanor was.

FDR created Federal programs called "Alphabet Soup" or the "New Deal" which made jobs for blacks and whites.