JIM CROW LAWSBy Chloe Lavin And Cameron L.

Definition Jim Crow Laws : is practices, institutions,

or laws that separate African Americans and White people.

Where it originated. Jim Crow originally referred to a black

person in an old song.

When it started. Jim Crow Laws first developed in a few

Northern states in the early 1800s. It was later adopted by the southern

states. The term came into use in the 1880s. Racial segregation was legal at the time.

The Supreme Court. The Supreme Court supported

segregation. Example. Plessey v. Ferguson. In the 1896 the Court supported

Louisiana law separating whites and blacks in a {supposedly separate but equal} rail road car.

For more than 50 years people used the separate but equal rule.

Terrorists Ku Klux Klan was a terrorist group against

blacks. They did not like the idea of blacks

having freedom. The KKK extremely supported the Jim

Crow laws.

Jim Crow Laws in affect.

Protest Blacks protested that everyone should be

treated equal.

The supreme court decision.

In the case of brown v. board of education the supreme court reversed their earlier decision. {Plessey v. Ferguson}

Jim Crow Laws banned. The civil rights act of 1964 and 1968

banned Jim Crow practices. Now whites and blacks work together .

Sources Pbs.org Britannica.com World book student u-s-history

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