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Jim Crow Laws begin to emerge across the U.S. South.
Date: 1870
Racism/white supremacy
Laws/legislation/policy
Jim Crow era & lynching
Black history
Jim Crow Laws are established throughout the South. These state and local laws enforce racial segregation in all public facilities in the Southern states, and will not be dismantled until the 1960s.
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