The Jim Crow South
Before the Civil Rights Movement
Jim Crow Laws – required blacks and whites to be separated in almost all public places
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) – Supreme Court said that “separate but equal” facilities was okay
Segregation – separation of people of different races
To further investigate the history of Jim Crow Laws, click this link.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/themap/index.html