Jim Crow Laws In The 19th And 20th Century
The 19th and 20th century was the era of Jim Crow. The Jim Crow Laws were enacted, mainly in the southern states. The Jim Crow Laws were restrictions on everything from marriage to games. The Laws came after the emancipation of the slaves, but before complete desegregation. African Americans were seen as something to be treated like a dog, but not as lovable as the latter.
The laws covered everything. Bathrooms must be separate. In most places, restaurants could serve whites or blacks, not both. Games of pool couldn’t be interracial. Colored barbers couldn’t give haircuts to white women and girls. Juvenile delinquents and mental hospital patients had to be kept separate. The list goes on and on.
But Jim Crow was not a handful of laws. They
The laws covered everything. Bathrooms must be separate. In most places, restaurants could serve whites or blacks, not both. Games of pool couldn’t be interracial. Colored barbers couldn’t give haircuts to white women and girls. Juvenile delinquents and mental hospital patients had to be kept separate. The list goes on and on.
But Jim Crow was not a handful of laws. They