What are Jim crow laws and what do they mean?

Answer 1

The Jim Crow laws were laws that made segregation and discrimination legal after the civil war. They were named after a popular song called, "Jim Crow". These laws established a "separate is equal" system between the two races. These laws said that the blacks were not allowed into restraunts, public restrooms, boarding stations, parks, theatres, and many more. In 1896 in the Plessey vs. Ferguson case said that separate facilties were constitutional encouraged. But, in 1954 the Jim Crow Laws were overruled and destroyed.

Answer 2

Some examples of Jim Crow laws are segregated white and black schools, white and black stores, and white and black restaurants. Jim Crow laws were supposed to make whites and blacks separate but equal. Although they were separate they were not equal.

Jim Crow laws were used to replace the black codes such as separate restrooms and drinking fountain for blacks and whites.

Answer 3

poll tax