By: Jewel Fernandez Guadalupe Ochoa Lorenz Lu

What are the Jim Crow Laws? Racial Segregation Laws 1876-1965 Developed after the Civil War by the Supreme court Jim Crow Laws are the laws of racial segregation; these laws were in motion from 1876-1965 in the United States. The laws consist of all the laws that dealt with racial segregation between whites and colored people in services, facilities, and opportunities. 

Racial Segregation Separation between Whites and colored Not limited just to African-Americans Everyone who wasn't white was labeled as "colored" Segregation is the separation of two things. In this case it is between races, whites and blacks. The Jim Crow laws were the laws that stated that colored people be separated from white people. There were laws for restrooms, buses, restaurants, education, business, water fountains, waiting room, and even vending machines. They were clearly unfair, restrooms for blacks were always filthy, entrances for most facilities were from the back of the building, their seats on the bus were in the back where all the nasty fumes were, and their water fountain often times were much smaller and filthier than the whites.

Seperate but Equal Homer Plessy A Policy developed by the Supreme Court Claimed segregation was "fair" One day Homer Plessy (a black man) went to catch a train home in Louisiana, New Orleans in 1862. As he was about to board the train, the conductor stopped him because there was no more room left in the black section of the train. However, there was some room on the white side, he went to sit on the white side so he could just go home. The conductor would not let him and he was arrested for going against segregation laws. In his trial , Plessy vs. Ferguson, they declared the policy, separate but equal, trying to defend their side by saying each race is equal in segregation. Even though it seemed there was no equality.

The Result of Segregation KKK (Ku Klux Klan) Hail Hydra >.> The Result of Segregation KKK (Ku Klux Klan) White-Supremasist Organization Against blacks (and everyone colored) Neo-Nazis (New Nazis) The Ku Klux Klan was an organization that would lynch black people. Though the KKK started before Jim Crow laws, they became supported by the segregation laws. If a black person just dared to look at a white person funny, members of the Ku Klux Klan would follow the black and lynch them. Black people would either be burned alive, hanged, or hacked to death. After a while reinforcements sometimes wouldn't even arrest blacks when they broke a segregation law, because they knew the KKK would come after them. The KKK would wear all white and pointy hats so blacks could fear them.  

The Montgomery Bus Boycott The Brown Decision in 1954 The Repeal The Montgomery Bus Boycott The Brown Decision in 1954 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Voting Rights Act in 1965 The beginning of the repeal of Jim Crow segregation laws started with the Rosa Parks incident, where she was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. This incident led to The Montgomery Bus Boycott, which caused the Supreme court to integrate public transportation. This started the downfall of Jim Crow Laws, leading to the Brown decision, and The Civil Rights Act of 1964 due to Martin Luther King Jr.'s, "I have a dream" speech. 

Does it still exist today? Blatant racism can still be found today Segregation can still exist in public schools across the U.S. Racism isn't as severe as it once was High Five for Equality! (^.^)/) Segregation is no longer a big problem. The Jim Crow laws do not exist anymore. However some people choose to separate themselves from different races, it is not noticed very much in California but in Mississippi and Louisiana are still big on segregation to this day. Even though it is not law they seem to still segregate themselves in a way. There was a school in Wilcox that just barely, recently had their first integrated prom.

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