Post-Reconstruction racial segregation laws are often referred to using this term.
- Amos and Andy Laws
- Blackface Laws
- Jim Crow Laws
- Plessey Laws
Jim Crow Laws. Named after a minstrel song, “Jump Jim Crow” which was usually performed by a man in blackface, they mandated the segregation of public places and facilities such as restaurants and trains.
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