SJSU Art Essay

For 20 points, you will provide a thorough narrative answer (not an essay) to the following:  “Jim Crow is a legal and extralegal system of segregation and domination in the US South in effect from the end of slavery through the Civil Rights era. (Extralegal means that it is also “beyond the authority of the law; not regulated by the law.”) Using our course materials only, give examples of both its legal and extralegal aspects.”For 40 points, you will write a 1000-1500 word essay in which you compare the theme of travel and the kinds of travelers in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road with Richard Wright’s Uncle Tom’s Children, namely in “The Ethics of Living Jim Crow” and “Down by the Riverside.” Does everyone have equal access to travel in the US in the 1930s and 1940s? Be specific and include details about the social context, e.g. post-WWII U.S. society, Jim Crow, lynching, the US highway system, the ubiquity of the automobile in U.S. culture, the uses of trains, rivers, etc. Consider the Introduction by Yarborough and his use of the word, “flight,” for example. Consider the Underground Railroad and Black hoboes. Don’t be afraid to think big and in interconnected ways–but you must provide specific evidence with citations from our course materials (do not seek additional materials for your response). In addition to citing sociological information from sources like history.com, you MUST cite at least 4-6 times from both Wright and Kerouac