Black Codes/Jim Crow Laws (1 Jan 1870 Jahr – 1 Jan 1965 Jahr)

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Cause:

1. disenfranchise and remove political and economic gains made by black people during the Reconstruction period

Effect:

1. Segregated facilities on all public transportation carriers made it more difficult for black citizens to travel.

2. The “separate but equal” doctrine resulted in inferior facilities for blacks ranging from schools to housing to employment.

3. Black children had limited opportunities compared with those for white children.

4. difficult or impossible for black citizens to vote, be elected to office, serve on juries, or participate as equals in the economic or social life of their area.

5. many black citizens migrated to cities in the North and West. In New York this influx sparked the Harlem Renaissance.

6. Civil rights movement emerged to protest violence and racial segregation and helped bring about the passage of legislation that put an end to the Jim Crow era.

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