Jim Crow Laws
In the North
Segregation in housing enforced by covenants, bank lending practices, and job discrimination, including discriminatory union practices.
examples of Jim Crow laws
Segregation of public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains for whites and blacks. The U.S. military was also segregated.
Jim Crow Laws
State and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. They mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in the states of the former Confederacy. 1890, a "separate but equal" status for African Americans. Economic, educational and social disadvantages.