Jim Crow Laws
mississippi
Jim Crow separated blacks and whites by preventing them from going to school together and using the same public facilities such as restrooms. Blacks and whites had separate entrances to businesses and public transportation had separate sections for whites and blacks.
The laws made it legal to segregate whites and blacks in a variety of public areas. Apex
In most northern states free blacks were segregated from the whites in public places. They were not given equal economic opportunities or allowed to go to public schools.
Blacks and Whites couldn't use the same public facilities. Also they could not go to school together.
mississippi
The practice the South employed after the Civil War to segregate Blacks from Whites was known as Jim Crow laws. These were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in public facilities, transportation, education, and housing in the Southern United States.
Southern states disenfranchised Blacks through the use of Jim Crow laws. They weren't allowed to use the same public facilities as Whites and they didn't have the same rights.
Jim Crow separated blacks and whites by preventing them from going to school together and using the same public facilities such as restrooms. Blacks and whites had separate entrances to businesses and public transportation had separate sections for whites and blacks.
The laws made it legal to segregate whites and blacks in a variety of public areas. Apex
That Supreme Court decision legitimized legal segregation in the nation. It provided that there could be separate public facilities, like schools and movie theater, that could be segregated as long as the facilities were near equal in quality. The problem was that the court did not define "equal" in quality, and the facilities for the Blacks became second class.
In most northern states free blacks were segregated from the whites in public places. They were not given equal economic opportunities or allowed to go to public schools.
In 1877, Democratic parties regained their power of the south and ended reconstruction. Slavery was over but things suddenly got worse for blacks, as Southern States passed racially discriminatory laws which began the age of segregation of whites from blacks. Segregation was instituted for of public facilities making separate water fountains and restrooms for whites and blacks.
Blacks and Whites couldn't use the same public facilities. Also they could not go to school together.
In the 1800s, the north and the south of the United States were segregated from each other due to public dislikes, which eventually led to the Civil War.
the right to use public facilities...
Segregated drinking fountains, along with other segregated public facilities, were outlawed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It was signed into law on July 2, 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson.