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☆☆☆☆☆Jim Crow laws, in U.S. history, statutes enacted by Southern states and municipalities, beginning in the 1880s, that legalized segregation between blacks and whites. The name is believed to be derived from a character in a popular minstrel song. 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). From Delaware to California, and from North Dakota to Texas, many states (and cities, too) could impose legal punishments on people for consorting with members of another race. The most common types of laws forbade intermarriage and ordered business owners and public institutions to keep their black and white clientele separated
When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus.
He was assassinated.
He joined the Nation of Islam while in prison.
Evers was assassinated
The SNCC wanted the marchers to be more aggressive in their demands.
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the equal employment opportunity commission
The commission found that racial discrimination was the cause of violence
