Jim Crow Laws
- Title
- Jim Crow Laws
- Description
- Jim Crow laws were state and local laws introduced in the U.S. South that enforced the segregation of African Americans between 1877-1965. These laws were upheld by the 1896 Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. Jim Crow refers to a commonly-used minstrel character from the 19th century depicting African Americans in racist tropes.
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- Legal Concepts
- Title
- Jim Crow Laws
- Description
- Jim Crow laws were state and local laws introduced in the U.S. South that enforced the segregation of African Americans between 1877-1965. These laws were upheld by the 1896 Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. Jim Crow refers to a commonly-used minstrel character from the 19th century depicting African Americans in racist tropes.
- Item sets
- Legal Concepts