Jim Crow Laws
Facts, Examples, Pictures, Video, Links
What were Jim Crow laws?
~ Based on Race in the South
~ Enforced Segregation between Whites and Blacks
~ In Schools, Transportation, Restrooms and Restaurants
~ Made it difficult for blacks to Vote
When was the Jim Crow laws enforced?
After the Civil War there was a period in the South called the Reconstruction.
~ The laws were put in place in late 1800s and early 1900s
Why were they called Jim Crow?
Comes from a African-American character in a song from 1832.
Examples
- Marriage
- Hospitalization
- Nursing
- Barbering
- Toilets
- Buses
- Restaurants
- Beer and Wine
- Amateur Baseball
- Burial
- Libraries
- Teaching
- Schools
- Prisons
the Rise and Fall of Jim Crow