Was Jim Crow a type of domestic terrorism?

The report focuses on what it describes as “racial terror lynchings,” which were used to enforce Jim Crow laws and racial segregation. read more

No, Jim Crow laws were official government policy, therefore not domestic terrorism. Terrorism: the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims. They were, of course, terrible laws. The ideas diffused within those laws should've never existed. The laws encouraged tyranny against black Americans in the south. read more

recount how racial violence was employed against African Americans during the Jim Crow era; evaluate statistical and textual information for evidence of racial violence; understand the response of the African American community to racial violence. read more

This lesson takes you through the history of domestic terrorism and the different types of domestic terrorism in the United States, in addition to discussing some examples of this tragic phenomenon. History. Terrorism's long and fascinating history is integral to the modern history of countless nations and states. read more