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Term "Jim Crow"
The term "Jim Crow" was originally referred to a black character in an old song, and was the name of a popular dance in the 1820s. -
The Only States Where Blacks Were Permitted To Vote
The only Northern States where blacks that were permitted to vote were: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine; and even there they were intimidated of showing up at the polls. Only 6% of all the "free" blacks in the North lived in these States, however; 94% of all Northern blacks did not enjoy the right to vote as of 1860. -
Enforcement of Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow laws have begun to be enforced. -
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Jim Crow Laws
JIm Crow Laws were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. These laws provided some freedom relief from difficult back-breaking slavery which had been brutal, however, it had also restricted the rights of most African- Americans (also referred to as blacks) . During this era, starting roughly at the year 1890, they had created a "seperate but equal" status for African- American; a slightly higher postion. -
Beginning of Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws, in U.S. history, statutes enacted by southern states and municipalities, beginning in the 1880s, that legalized segregation between whites and blacks. -
First appearance of "Jim Crow Law"
The phrase "Jim Crow Law" first appeared in 1904 according to the Dictionary of American English, although there is some evidence of earlier usage. -
Segregation in schools
EDUCATION Florida: The schools for white children and the schools for negro children shall be conducted separately. Kentucky: The children of white and colored races committed to reform schools shall be kept entirely separate from each other. Mississippi: Separate schools shall be maintained for the children of the white and colored races. Mississippi: Separate free schools shall be established for the education of children of African descent; and it shall be unlawful for any colored chi -
Housing- Jim Crow Laws
HOUSING Louisiana: Any person...who shall rent any part of any such building to a negro person or a negro family when such building is already in whole or in part in occupancy by a white person or white family shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Mississippi: The prison warden shall see that the white convicts shall have separate apartments for both eating and sleeping from the negro convicts. -
Supreme Court- Jim Crow Law
In 1954 the Supreme Court reversed Plessy in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. It declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional, and, by extension, this ruling was applied to other public facilities. In the years following, subsequent decisions struck down similar kinds of Jim Crow legislation. -
Ending of Jim Crow Laws
African Americans began in the south to use legal suits, mass sit-ins, and boycotts to stop segregation. In 1963, over 200,000 African Americans marched into Washington D.C. which started the movement to end the life under Jim Crow. -
Transportation-Jim Crow Laws
TRANSPORTATION Alabama: All passenger stations in this state operated by any motor transportation company shall have separate waiting rooms or space and separate ticket windows for the white and colored races. Alabama: The conductor of each passenger train is authorized and required to assign each passenger to the car or the division of the car, when it is divided by a partition, designated for the race to which such passenger belongs. Maryland: All railroad companies are hereby required to p
