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[[Image:JimCrow.gif|thumb|Minstrel character "Jim Crow"]]

[[Image:JimCrow.gif|thumb|Minstrel character "Jim Crow"]]

'''Jim Crow''' was the system of laws passed by [[Democrats]] promoting racial segregation in the Southern U.S. from the 1880s to 1964 in which [[African American]]s were segregated (separated) in [[public school]]s and public places, so that they could not mingle in public with whites on equal terms. In addition to segregation, Jim Crow also assured that blacks had little or no political power. It was a low point in [[Black history]] after the euphoria of [[Reconstruction]]. It is also sometimes used as a slur for [[African American]]s.

'''Jim Crow''' was the system of laws passed by [[Democrats]] promoting racial segregation in the Southern U.S. from the 1880s to 1964 in which [[African American]]s were segregated (separated) in [[public school]]s and public places, so that they could not mingle in public with whites on equal terms. In addition to segregation, Jim Crow also assured that blacks had little or no political power.  Jim Crow laws, particularly literacy tests and poll taxes aimed at [[voter suppression|supressing the vote]], were intended to ensure that the Republican party which freed the slaves and promoted Black equality never would benefit from the Black vote. It was a low point in [[Black history]] after the euphoria of [[Reconstruction]]. It is also sometimes used as a slur for [[African American]]s.

==Supreme Court approves==

==Supreme Court approves==