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Overview of Jim Crow Laws and Impact

The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enacted in the Southern United States between the late 1870s and 1965 that mandated racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans. These laws were upheld in various Southern states and legally enforced racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans in all public facilities during this period. The Jim Crow laws had a widespread and significant negative impact on African American communities across the Southern United States for nearly a century.

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Overview of Jim Crow Laws and Impact

The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enacted in the Southern United States between the late 1870s and 1965 that mandated racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans. These laws were upheld in various Southern states and legally enforced racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans in all public facilities during this period. The Jim Crow laws had a widespread and significant negative impact on African American communities across the Southern United States for nearly a century.

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Jim Crow Laws 1877 -1965

The Jim Crow laws were various laws requiring racial isolation in the United States. These laws
were upheld in various states somewhere in the range of 1876 and 1965. The Jim Crow laws
provided a systematic legal basis for segregating and discriminating against African Americans.

AFRican Americans
Were victims of
this law
Millions Affected

“You cannot be afraid to speak up


and speak out for what you believe.
Where? You have to have courage, raw
20 US States courage.”
Most Of Them Southern States
Such as Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana,
Florida, and Mississippi 88 years of Segregation
Where is the Jim Crow section On this merry-go-round, Mister, cause I want to ride?
Down South where I come from White and coloured Can't sit side by side. Down
South on the train There's a Jim Crow car. On the bus we're put in the back—But
there ain't no back To a merry-go-round! Where's the horse For a kid that's black?
Poem - Coloured Child at Carnival

The End
African Americans had at last started breaking down racial
barriers and challenging segregation with success. The peak of
this effort was the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This
act abolished the Jim Crow Laws.

Exclusion from white society forced African Americans to build their own communities. The Jim Crow
laws also affected social relations. Jim Crow laws have greatly affected today’s society. Racism
towards African Americans still happens, and no change is being made to stop so. Jim Crow laws are
what influenced racism in north America today. #blacklivesmatter

The Fear of Death was an everyday thought!

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