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What State acts to segregate blacks in public facilities?

mississippi


What was the practice the south employed after the civil war to segregate blacks from whites?

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.


In what ways did the southern states disenfranchise the blacks?

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.


What are 3 ways in which Jim crow states segregated blacks and whites?

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.


What did Jim Crow laws do - apex?

The laws made it legal to segregate whites and blacks in a variety of public areas. Apex


Did the Plessy v. Ferguson decision end segregation in the south?

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?

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.


Why did segregated water fountains start?

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.


What is a specific Jim Crow Law?

Blacks and Whites couldn't use the same public facilities. Also they could not go to school together.


What is a sentence using the word segregate?

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.


What freedom did the civil rights acts of 1875 grants black patrons?

the right to use public facilities...


When were blacks allowed to share drinking 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.