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The law that allowed Africans Americans Die! Jim Crow Laws was a law that allowed African Americans to be segregated. Many African Americans were killed by whites,who thought they were better than them.Many African Americans tried to fight back but unfortunately the African Americans .There was lots killings,segregation in education, and segregation in employment. The Jim Crow Laws so bad that it lasted from 1877 to 1954.It wasn’t just African Americans it was Mexicans but mostly blacks.For example Plessy versues Ferguson.
Plessy vs. Ferguson was when Plessy was told to sit in the black trian. Plessy could pass as a white but under the law he was black, but he had lighter skin. Then the government put down the Separate Car Act. The Separate Car Act was a law that said that Whites and African Americans had to be equal.
African Americans had different water fountains, bathrooms, and exits.
The Separate Car Act spead other than just being about transportation now it was everywhere.Then it became the Jim Crow Laws.Jim Crow Laws got there name from a show that whites made to entertain. The actors were white who painted their face black.This lead to people messing with African Americans for entertaining.l Many people got beat up because whites thought it was funny.Segregation happened and it was a really bad era. For instance many African …show more content…
If they did have the same restaurant the whites will have a whole side just for whites and that side would be better.There was lots of killings and being accused of on African Americans. African Americans were segregated in education and

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