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Bookmark or Share- Was Jim Crow a Real Person? - HISTORYThe term “Jim Crow” typically refers to repressive laws and customs once used to restrict Black Americans' rights, but the origin of the name itself actually dates back to before the Civil War.
- Jim Crow law | History, Facts, & Examples | BritannicaIn the U.S. South, Jim Crow laws and legal racial segregation in public facilities existed from the late 19th century into the 1950s. The civil rights movement was initiated by Black Southerners in the 1950s and ’60s to break the prevailing pattern of segregation.
- What was Jim Crow - Jim Crow Museum - Jim Crow Museum of Racist MemorabiliaJim Crow was the name of the racial caste system which operated primarily, but not exclusively in southern and border states, between 1877 and the mid-1960s. Jim Crow was more than a series of rigid anti-black laws.
- Jim Crow Laws Timeline - Encyclopedia BritannicaA timeline covering the origins and history of Jim Crow laws, which enforced racial segregation in the United States. After Reconstruction southern legislatures passed laws requiring segregation of whites and blacks on public transportation.
- Jim Crow laws - WikipediaThe 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, "Jim Crow" being a pejorative term for an African American. [1]
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