The Jim Crow Laws

By jcomerford15

  • Origin of Jim Crow

    Origin of Jim Crow
    The term Jim Crow originates when Thomas "Daddy" Rice paints himself black and dances a jig to imitate an elderly black man he saw dancing.

  • Jim Crow laws end

    Jim Crow laws end
    The Jim Crow laws are over thanks to the Civil Rights Act.

  • Jim Crow laws start

    Jim Crow laws start
    The first Jim Crow laws start. The Jim Crow laws were local and national laws mostly in the South against black people with the saying "separate but equal".

  • Suffrage Laws passed in South

    Suffrage Laws passed in South
    Several anti-black voting laws were passe so that over half of the original black voters didn't vote in the second presidential election.

  • The Bloody Summer of 1919

    The Bloody Summer of 1919
    The summer of 1919 had over 25 race riots.

  • Civil Rights Act Established

    Civil Rights Act Established
    The Civil Rights Act nullified the Jim Crow laws

  • Lynchings in the U.S.

    Over 4,863 lynchings happened in the past 60 years. The majority of these were black, southern men. 97% of the lynchings occurred in the past Confederate States.