Jim Crow laws

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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.

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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

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Furnifold Simmons supported Jim Crow laws
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in the American South
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in Alabama
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
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subject surface form: Bull Connor
this entity surface form: Jim Crow segregation
Eugene Talmadge ideology Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow politics
Walter Bergman opposed Jim Crow laws
Strange Fruit historicalContext Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in the United States
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Robert Joseph Pershing Foster placeOfOrigin Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow South
Robert Joseph Pershing Foster timePeriod Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in the United States
1939 Lincoln Memorial concert politicalContext Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow segregation in the United States
History of Charleston, South Carolina significantEra Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
Theophilus policySupported Jim Crow laws
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Southern United States politics hasHistoricalPeriod Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
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1921 Tulsa Race Massacre timePeriod Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
Greenwood District historicalEra Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in the United States
Leflore County, Mississippi, United States historicalEra Jim Crow laws
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in the American South
Roy Bryant legalSystem Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow legal system in Mississippi
Carolyn Bryant locatedInTime Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in Mississippi
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in Mississippi
Susie McDonald opposed Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow laws in Alabama
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
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National Association of Colored Women historicalPeriod Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in the United States
book "The Southern Case for School Segregation" publicationEra Jim Crow laws
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in the United States
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in the United States
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in the United States
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Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration focusesOnPeriod Jim Crow laws
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
Lincoln Normal School of Marion historicalEra Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in the United States
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow segregation
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Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases historicalPeriod Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era