Jim Crow laws

E4187

racial segregation laws system of laws

Jim Crow laws were a system of state and local statutes in the United States that enforced racial segregation and disenfranchised African Americans, particularly in the South, from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (27)

Label	Occurrences
Jim Crow era	73
Jim Crow laws canonical	56
Jim Crow era in the United States	19
Jim Crow segregation	11
Jim Crow South	6
Jim Crow era in the American South	4
Jim Crow era United States	3
Jim Crow era in Mississippi	3
Jim Crow era in Alabama	2
Jim Crow laws in Alabama	2
Jim Crow laws in the United States	2
Jim Crow segregation in the American South	2
Black (under Louisiana law)	1
Jim Crow American South	1
Jim Crow era and its aftermath	1
Jim Crow era in American sports	1
Jim Crow era segregation	1
Jim Crow laws in Mississippi	1
Jim Crow laws in the American South	1
Jim Crow legal system in Mississippi	1
Jim Crow period in the United States	1
Jim Crow politics	1
Jim Crow segregation era	1
Jim Crow segregation in the United States	1
Jim Crow segregation laws	1
Louisiana Separate Car Act of 1890	1
civil rights movement (early Jim Crow era)	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	racial segregation laws ⓘ system of laws ⓘ
aimedAt	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans
appliedIn	Southern United States ⓘ border states of the United States ⓘ
basedOn	racial discrimination ⓘ white supremacy ideology ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
disenfranchised	African American voters ⓘ
endTime	mid-20th century ⓘ
enforcedBy	law enforcement agencies ⓘ local governments ⓘ state governments ⓘ
hadConsequence	economic inequality ⓘ political disenfranchisement of African Americans ⓘ racial violence and intimidation ⓘ social segregation ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Jim Crow laws self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jim Crow era
influencedBy	Black Codes ⓘ Reconstruction-era racial politics ⓘ
justifiedBy	separate but equal doctrine ⓘ
legalBasisStrengthenedBy	Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) ⓘ surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson
legalBasisWeakenedBy	Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
legalized	racial segregation ⓘ
legalStatus	local law ⓘ state law ⓘ
mainSubject	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans racial segregation ⓘ
opposedBy	African American community organizations ⓘ NAACP ⓘ civil rights activists ⓘ
partOf	systemic racism in the United States ⓘ
repealedBy	federal civil rights legislation ⓘ
restricted	African American voting rights ⓘ
segregated	cemeteries ⓘ drinking fountains ⓘ hospitals ⓘ housing ⓘ libraries ⓘ military units in some states ⓘ public parks ⓘ public restrooms ⓘ public schools ⓘ public transportation ⓘ restaurants ⓘ theaters ⓘ
startTime	late 19th century ⓘ
supportedBy	many white political leaders in the South ⓘ
underminedBy	Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
usedMethod	gerrymandering ⓘ grandfather clauses ⓘ literacy tests ⓘ poll taxes ⓘ white primaries ⓘ

Referenced by (198)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American South (19th and early 20th centuries) → legalRegime → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

American liberalism → opposes → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

Southern Democrats → influentialEra → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era

Reconstruction era → followedBy → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era

Black Americans → historicalExperience → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow segregation

"I Have a Dream" speech → historicalContext → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow segregation

American civil rights movement → opposed → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

Montgomery bus boycott → historicalPeriod → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in the American South

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) → concernedStatute → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

subject surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson

this entity surface form: Louisiana Separate Car Act of 1890

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) → plaintiffRaceClassification → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

subject surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson

this entity surface form: Black (under Louisiana law)

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) → relatedMovement → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

subject surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era

Lost Cause ideology → usedToLegitimize → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

Southern United States → hasHistoricalCharacteristic → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

Compromise of 1877 → followedBy → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

Redemption (end of Reconstruction governments) → followedBy → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era

Jim Crow laws → historicalPeriod → Jim Crow laws self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era

Great Migration of African Americans out of the region → cause → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Migration of African Americans

Great Migration of African Americans out of the region → historicalContext → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Migration of African Americans

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era

Overtown → segregationEra → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era

Deep South → historicallyAssociatedWith → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) → characterizedBy → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) → governedByLegalRegime → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow segregation

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → opposedTo → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

Congress of Racial Equality → opposed → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

Black Protestant churches → hasHistoricalRootIn → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era

Freedom Summer → targetedProblem → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall → historicalContext → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era United States

Briggs v. Elliott → subjectMatter → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

Black Codes → replacedBy → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights → opposed → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

Negro National League → operatedDuring → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era

Negro American League → era → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era

Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education → timePeriod → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era

National Religious Training School and Chautauqua → historicalPeriod → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era

The Warmth of Other Suns → subject → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

Wilmington insurrection of 1898 → historicalPeriod → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era

Chicago Black Renaissance → influencedBy → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow segregation in the American South

Homer Plessy → movement → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: civil rights movement (early Jim Crow era)

Mississippi Plan of 1875 → followedBy → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow laws in Mississippi

Colored Town → developedDuring → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era

Daisy Bates → livedDuring → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in the United States

Black Belt (U.S. region) → historicalPeriodOfImportance → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents → topic → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

St. Augustine movement → opposed → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

Murder of Emmett Till → era → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era

African American studies → studies → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

To Kill a Mockingbird → exploresIssue → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

Rosa Parks Museum → hasExhibitsAbout → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

Legacy Museum → focusesOn → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow segregation

"Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" speech → timePeriod → Jim Crow laws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in Alabama