In addition to learning about the Jim Crow laws, students should be taught
about the Black Codes passed by the northern states, esp. Ohio, Ill and
In.  They prevented the freed man from even entering theses states, and,
for the most part, the northern states where cheered by their neighbors
for their actions.

Thank you,

Maitland Westbrook

--- Anne Pemberton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Good Idea!
>
> Your mother is closer to correct about the air conditioning than Bill is
> at
> thinking Yankees move here because of the local values (in spite of
> them?)
> ....
>
> Actually, I greatly appreciate your daughter's attitude. She is right
> that
> it is time to "get a life" and put the emotions to rest.  Nothing beats
> the
> clear thinking of youth! She is apparently being "properly educated"
> ....
> There is no reason to put a chip on her shoulder to be knocked off my
> some
> Yankee college professor.
>
> Last year I taught fourth grade in summer school, including fourth grade
> history, the history of Virginia, and was shocked to learn that although
> the kids had learned about the Jim Crow laws, they had NOT been told
> that
> these laws were in force only in southern states, and were NOT the law
> in
> most of the country. Even with the little ones I usually work with
> (Kindergarten to 2nd grade) I find myself correcting what the kids have
> learned, to understand that some of the evils overturned with Civil and
> Human Rights movements, existed only in the South.
>
> There is a question that comes up with the little ones who haven't
> learned
> yet what is and isn't a polite question. They want to know WHY?  Why did
> white folks make up those Jim Crow laws? What purpose did they serve
> other
> than to demean some citizens?
>
>                                                  Anne
>
>
>
>
>
> At 10:02 PM 8/15/01 -0400, Deane wrote:
> >Ok Folks,
> >Let's lighten up here.
> >I apologize for offending anyone and for setting off a fire bomb about
> The
> >Wah.
> >I was just reading some of these letters, including my own, to my
> >"Generation X" daughter, and she said to me, "Mumma, you and all those
> >people are just a bunch of dorks! Who cares about that war? You all
> need
> >to get a life!"
> >Looks like I have my work cut out for me in properly educating her!
> >Most sincerely and with kind regards,
> >Deane F. Mills
> >Still proud of my Virginia Roots
> >And very happy for Professor Finkelman's Fortunate Child
>
> Anne Pemberton
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