Jim Crow Laws

1. Jim Crow laws were enforced up up until 1966

2. De Jure segregation existed mainly through Southern States, which mandated racial segregation in public places.

2.1. Public schools, public places, public transportation, as well as restrooms, drinking fountains, restaurants, and libraries were separated specifically for people of colour and whites

3. Some of the laws included marriage between white people and people of colour illegal, and the segregation of children of colour in public schools was aloud and authorized. In California state court, it was deemed against the rules for a "black, mulatto person, or Indian person to provide evidence for, or against a white person in court".

4. Jim Crow Laws were enforced in 35 states, inducing segregation public places, enforcing racism

5. Jim Crow was a caricature of a "dimwitted, clumsy" slave from a show, which projected the name Jim Crow as a derogatory term for people of colour.