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The Jim Crow Laws

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Jim Crow Laws After the Civil War, African Americans were free but not equal, the creation of the Jim Crow Laws were not equal laws for the blacks compared to the whites. It caused many conflicts that many people would not agree with. Jim Crow Laws were created in the 1800’s. Everything around the blacks and the whites were segregated towards their color, and it wasn’t equal. After the Civil War the laws for the blacks we not equal compared to the whites. The issue becomes important when both races start getting into arguments just because of crossing sides or conflict between the two because the laws were unequal and unfair. Jim Crow Laws became active in the 1880’s, over the years white individuals were treated with much more respect than black individuals, all restaurants, water fountains, bathrooms, buses, and anything you could think of was segregated by their color. The issue raised, was how the laws weren’t created equally and the separation of everything was unnecessary especially if they cannot create them equally. “It shall be unlawful for a negro and white person to play together or in company with each other in any game of cards or dice, dominoes or checkers.” During the time period only one color associated with one color, and even playing games together was not allowed, it was frowned upon. “Separate free schools shall be established for the education of children of African descent; and it shall be unlawful for any colored child to attend any white school

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