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feb 14, 1905 - Jim Crow Laws/Disenfranchisement ended(1905)

Description:

Jim crow laws legalized segregation between African Americans and whites. The Jim Crow laws restricted the rights of African Americans to use public facilities, schools, to vote, to find decent employment, basically excluding African Americans from exercising their rights as citizens of the United States. The ruling for the Plessy v Ferguson case provided justification for these cruel laws.

Added to timeline:

20 Jan 2018

Date:

feb 14, 1905
Now
~ 119 years ago