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JIM CROW LAWS

THE JIM CROW LAWS

• The Jim Crow laws were meant to be a new segregation act
• The AA were seperated from whites in every way possible
• These laws followed the black codes which happened from 1800-1866
• The Jim Crow laws lasted from the years 1876-1965
• These laws were ended by Martin Luther King Jr.

Impact on AA

• The AA were segregated from whites, and treated unfair
• In most restaurants, drinking fountains, and everything else in the south, AA were segregated
• There were signs all over the South that segregated African Americans from whites.

HOW IT UNDERMINED RECONSTRUCTION

• The Jim Crow laws went against the 14th amendment
• They also went against the government
• These new laws were violating rights of innocent african americans.