How Did Jim Crow Laws Shaped The Civil Rights Movement?

Jim Crows laws enforced racial segregation in the south of the USA between the end of reconstruction which was during the Civil War in 1877 and also during the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950’s. Jim Crow is a minstrel routine that was performed in the beginning of 1828 by its author. In the late 1870’s Southern Legislatures passed laws requiring separation of whites from “persons of colour” in schools and public transportation. The segregation was then extended to parks, cemeteries, theaters, and restaurants. This was to prevent whites and blacks to being equal. In 1887 to 1892 nine states (one was louisiana) which they passed laws requiring separation in public. This included railroads, and streetcars. These laws affected