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Jim Crow were state and locals laws used to enforce racial segregation in the southern states of the country (Southern United States) -
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These laws were enacted during the Reconstruction Era and continued on until 1965. -
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The phrase Jim Crow Law was used as early as 1892. One of the first publications to use the phrase was New York Times. It appeared in the title of an article about voting laws in the South. -
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The Jim Crow Laws enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States [former Confederate States of America] as mandated by policies approved by state legislature. This is termed as racial segregation. -
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While racial segregation started between European Americans and African Americans, it eventually spread out to include other ethnicities and nationalities. -
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Jim Crow became the personification of the system that encouraged racial oppression and segregation within the United States, a system that was allowed and approved by the government. -
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At the end of the 19th century, when southern states passed laws of racial segregation aimed against blacks, these laws were collectively called the Jim Crow Laws. -
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By 1838, the name turned into a derogatory nickname for African Americans. Calling a person Jim Crow was similar to calling him a Negro. -
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The laws mandated segregation in public places like restrooms, transportation, schools and restaurants among many others. The Jim Crow Laws also made it difficult for the blacks to exercise their right to vote. -
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The name Jim Crow was said to have come from a minstrel song, a song-and-dance caricature of the blacks titled Jump Jim Crow performed by Thomas D. Rice, a white actor who did the act in blackface. It first came out in 1832 to mock the democratic policies of then US President Andrew Jackson.
