The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation.

Dec 1, 2025 · Jim Crow laws were any of the laws that enforced racial segregation in the American South between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the beginning of the civil rights movement in …

Mar 19, 2025 · The Trump administration is no longer requiring an explicit prohibition of segregated facilities in new government contracts. The Feb. 15 memo from the U.S. General Services …

Apr 17, 2018 · From the 1880s into the 1960s, a majority of American states enforced segregation through "Jim Crow" laws (so called after a black character in minstrel shows).

Feb 28, 2018 · Jim Crow laws were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation.

Apr 16, 2025 · Black codes and Jim Crow laws were laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power of Black voters.

Segregation laws were statutes and ordinances that enforced the separation of different racial groups in public spaces, schools, transportation, and other aspects of daily life. These laws institutionalized …

Jim Crow laws mandating the separation of the races in practically every aspect of public life were systematically instituted in the South beginning in the 1890s.

White communities across the country erected various kinds of barriers between themselves and other racial and ethnic groups. In communities across the country, property owners signed agreements …

Dec 5, 2025 · Racial segregation, the practice of restricting people to certain circumscribed areas of residence or to separate institutions (e.g., schools, churches) and facilities (parks, restaurants, …