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Segregation in the USA

Segregation in the USA. In the 1950s. Jim Crow laws.

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Segregation in the USA

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  1. Segregation in the USA In the 1950s

  2. Jim Crow laws From the 1880s into the 1960s, most American states enforced segregation through "Jim Crow" laws (so called after a black character in minstrel shows). From Delaware to California, and from North Dakota to Texas, many states (and cities, too) could impose legal punishments on people for mingling with members of another race. The most common types of laws forbade intermarriage and ordered business owners and public institutions to keep blacks and whites separated.

  3. Some separate facilities • Separate entrances into buildings • Bus station waiting rooms and ticket windows • Railroad cars or coaches • Restaurants and lunch counters • Schools and public parks • Swimming pools • Hospitals • Restrooms and water fountains • Sections of movie theatres • There were even separate cemeteries

  4. Result of segregation • Substandard facilities for African Americans • Unequal distribution of nation’s resources • Intimidation to stop African Americans exercising their voting rights • Derogatory terms such as “nigger” and “coon” • Lynchings and other violence

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