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  1. Jim Crow laws - Wikipedia

    The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation.

  2. Jim Crow law | History, Facts, & Examples | Britannica

    Dec 1, 2025 · Jim Crow laws were any of the laws that enforced racial segregation in the American South between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the beginning of the civil rights movement in …

  3. Jim Crow Laws | American Experience | Official Site | PBS

    The segregation and disenfranchisement laws known as "Jim Crow" represented a formal, codified system of racial apartheid that dominated the American South.

  4. Jim Crow Laws: Definition, Examples & Timeline - HISTORY

    Feb 28, 2018 · Jim Crow laws were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation.

  5. Jim Crow and Segregation - Library of Congress

    Ask students to analyze several primary sources that express or illustrate views in favor of Jim Crow segregation. What are some of the ways that proponents of segregation make it sound like a benefit …

  6. Jim Crow Laws - U.S. National Park Service

    Apr 17, 2018 · From the 1880s into the 1960s, a majority of American states enforced segregation through "Jim Crow" laws (so called after a black character in minstrel shows).

  7. Jim Crow Laws - Separate Is Not Equal

    White communities across the country erected various kinds of barriers between themselves and other racial and ethnic groups. In communities across the country, property owners signed agreements …

  8. Jim Crow Laws – African American History

    Enacted between 1876 and 1965, Jim Crow laws formalized racial segregation in the Southern States, systematizing a number of economic, educational, and social disadvantages for African Americans.

  9. Jim Crow laws | Research Starters - EBSCO

    Mar 6, 2025 · Jim Crow laws were a series of state and local statutes enacted primarily in the Southern United States from the late 19th century until the 1960s, establishing a system of racial segregation …

  10. Jim Crow Laws and Racial Segregation - Social Welfare History Project

    Sep 12, 2023 · 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 …