Jim Crow Laws

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The Jim Crow laws were known as state and local laws that were found throughout the United States of America between the years of 1876 and 1965.  These laws mandated racial segregation in all public facilities as well as segregating whites in blacks socially.  The Jim Crow laws were suppose to be known as "separate but equal" however you will come to find that these laws were not equal at all.