Who was Jim Crow?Humanities 2 2012-2013
What were the “Jim Crow” laws?
• Segregation (separation by races) laws that were enforced in most states from the 1880’s to the 1960.
• Also called “black codes”
Laws included…
• Separate facilities for blacks and whites including:– Schools– Buses– Bathrooms– Water fountains– Entrances to buildings
• Living in different areas based on race• No inter-racial marriage
Dallas Bus Station
Jim Crow Laws
Texas sign
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws
What was happening in the 1950’s?
• 1954 Brown v Board of Education decision– Schools + other facilities had to be de-segregated