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The Importance Of Jim Crow Laws

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Jim Crow laws are laws that stated that Native American people were limited to certain rights. The practice of Jim Crow laws deprived American citizens of their civil rights because the laws limited their education, their careers, and their personal lives outside of work and school. In an article, I found a Jim Crow law that stated that white nurses could not assist “negro” men. I found this unfair and unnecessary because everybody needs medical help and it does not matter what race you are as long as you are being supplied with the aid you need.
Another law stated, “Marriage between a white and a colored person is prohibited.” This law caught my eye because it reminded me of same sex marriage and the laws that were made to separate the

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