“...Jim Crow was the American equivalent of South African apartheid and the racial laws passed in Germany under the Nazi regime of the 1930s. And these similarities are not merely coincidental. Historians have uncovered growing evidence showing that racist parties around the world, including in Nazi Germany, were inspired and guided by the example of American Jim Crow.” Racism In AmericaNazi GermanyJim Crow Book:Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance Source: Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
“Under Jim Crow, Black Codes harshly restricted what people of color could do, In much of the country, Black people were prevented from voting, serving on juries, running for office, or defending their rights in court. They worked under systems of labor like sharecropping that were designed to keep them in poverty.” Racism In AmericaJim Crow Laws Book:Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance Source: Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance