JIM CROW LAWS & SEGREGATION (1 Jan 1874 Jahr – 1 Jan 1965 Jahr)

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Jim Crow Laws were statutes and ordinances established between 1874 and 1975 to separate the white and black races in the American South. In theory, it was to create “separate but equal” treatment, but in practice Jim Crow Laws condemned black citizens to inferior treatment and facilities. Education was segregated as were public facilities such as hotels and restaurants under Jim Crow Laws. In reality, Jim Crow laws led to treatment and accommodations that were almost always inferior to those provided to white Americans.

The most important Jim Crow laws required that public schools, public facilities, e.g., water fountains, toilets, and public transportation, like trains and buses, have separate facilities for whites and blacks.

The attached pictures show a separate "colored" waiting room at a train station and Jim Crow, a stereotypical and negatively viewed image of African Americans as uneducated, shiftless, and dishonest.

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