Jim Crow And His Laws

laws that enforced racial segregation in the South between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the beginning of the civil rights movement in the 1950s.

U.S. state legislatures passed laws requiring the separation of whites from "persons of color" in public transportation and schools.

Actor Rice made a performance where he darkened his face to resemble that of a black man. His Jim Crow dance and song became popular leading to "Jim Crow" becoming a widely used derogatory term for blacks.

Less job opportunities, lack of education and social rejection

1865-1877 After Reconstruction Period

-No marriage between whites and "persons of colour". -No white female nurses could care for persons of colour. -In train stations, bus stations etc. separate waiting rooms were required for whites and "persons of colour". -There must be a separate cart on trains for whites and "persons of colour". -Whites and coloured people must not be served in the same room of a restaurant. -"Persons of colour" must sit at the back of the bus and give up their seat to white person if needed. -No coloured barber shall serve as a barber to white girls or woman. -Cemeteries must have separate burial areas for whites and persons of color.

Jim Crow etiquette was a set way in which African Americans must act while interacting with Whites. Disobeying these social rules was not punishable by law, but did often have negative consequences for African Americans.

Schools were separated between whites and Blacks.

1968

supreme court ruled that the separation of people by race was unconstitutional.