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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The Red Record historicalContext Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow South
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
American Negro Academy era Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
Democratic Party in Alabama associatedWith (historical) Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow laws in Alabama
Alabama Black Belt historicalPeriod Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
"A Closed Society" theme Jim Crow laws
subject surface form: A Closed Society
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in Mississippi
"I Question America" subjectMatter Jim Crow laws
subject surface form: I Question America
American Beach, Florida significantPeriod Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
Southern Renaissance historicalContext Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
Hansberry v. Lee timePeriod Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
Citizenship Education Program historicalContext Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow segregation 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 era
Black Boy mainSubject Jim Crow laws
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow South
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow segregation
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow South
Fairmount Heights Historic District developedDuring Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
Many Thousands Gone influencedBy Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow South
Life Upon These Shores focusesOn Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in the United States
Stony the Road timePeriodCovered Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
Stony the Road discusses Jim Crow laws
The Crisis mainSubject Jim Crow laws
Atlanta Student Movement opposed Jim Crow laws
Bailey v. Patterson relatedTo Jim Crow laws
Greyhound bus station site historicalPeriod Jim Crow laws
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this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
Vernon Can Read!: A Memoir timePeriodCovered Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
Nixon v. Herndon timePeriod Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
Nixon v. Condon timePeriod Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
Alonzo Herndon era Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
Lucas Beauchamp setInPeriod Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow American South
Bitter Fruit historicalContext Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in the United States
Mississippi Goddam hasSubject Jim Crow laws
Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute historicalEra Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
Loving Your Enemies historicalContext Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in the United States
Race Rebels focusesOn Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era
Race Rebels timePeriodCovered Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow period in the United States
An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy historicalContext Jim Crow laws
this entity surface form: Jim Crow era in the United States