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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 History of Jim Croweffects of legalsegregation . Hotels, movie theaters, arenas, night clubs, restaurants, churches, hospitals, and schools were segregated, and interracial marriages outlawed. Segregation was not limited to African Americans, but often applied to other non-white Americans. The Jim Crow laws were racial segregation state and local laws enacted after the Reconstruction period in Southern United States that continued in force until 1965 The impact of a century of segregation can still be felt today, and, although the specific segregation policies of the 19th and 20th centuries have been discredited, voices calling for equal rights for all can still be heard today. Pasion porlo que haces The laws affected almost every aspect of daily life, mandating segregation of schools, parks, libraries, drinking fountains, restrooms, buses, trains, and restaurants "Whites Only" and "Colored" signs were constant reminders of the enforced racial order. From Delaware to California, and from North Dakota to Texas, many states (and cities, too) could impose legal punishments on people for consorting with members of another race. The most common types of laws forbade intermarriage and ordered business owners andpublic institutions to keep their black and white clientele separated. millions of African Americans moved away from the South in what became known as the Great Migration, only to discover that they faced discrimination in the northern states. After the Civil War ended, some states began imposing restrictions on the daily lives of African Americans After the Civil War ended, some states began imposing restrictions on the daily lives of African Americans Segregation was often maintained by uniformed law enforcement. In other instances, it was enforced by armed white mobs and violent attacks by anonymous vigilantes
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