Jim Crow Laws: Definition, Facts & Timeline
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Jim Crow laws were state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation. Enacted after the Civil War, the laws denied equal opportunity to Black citizens.
Historian Yohuru Williams talks about the Plessy v. Ferguson case and its effects on the Civil Rights Movement.
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Jim Crow law, History, Facts, & Examples
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We Who Believe in Freedom-Exhibition
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Civil Rights Movement
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How Jim Crow-Era Laws Suppressed the African American Vote for
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Who Was Jim Crow?
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What does Jim Crow 2.0 mean in the Georgia election law debate?
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Why were so many Confederate statues created during the Jim Crow era? - Quora
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Jim Crow law, History, Facts, & Examples