Jim Crow Laws Law and Legal Definition
Jim Crow laws refers to the U.S. state and local laws enacted between 1876 and 1965 that mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities, with a supposedly separate but equal status for black Americans. They are anti-African American legislations passed after the American Civil War. These laws were discrimination against African Americans with concern to attendance in public schools and the use of facilities such as restaurants, theaters, hotels, cinemas and public baths.
