What was Civil Rights Movements ?

To marginalize blacks, keep them separate from whites and erase the progress they’d made during Reconstruction, “Jim Crow” laws were established in the South beginning in the late 19th century.

Blacks couldn’t use the same public facilities as whites, live in many of the same towns or go to the same schools.

Interracial marriage was illegal, and most blacks couldn’t vote because they were unable to pass voter literacy tests.

Interracial marriage was illegal, and most blacks couldn’t vote because they were unable to pass voter literacy tests.

Jim Crow laws weren’t adopted in northern states; however, blacks still experienced discrimination at their jobs or when they tried to buy a house or get an education.

To make matters worse, laws were passed in some states to limit voting rights for blacks.

Moreover, southern segregation gained ground in 1896 when the U.S. Supreme Court declared in Plessy v. Ferguson that facilities for blacks and whites could be “separate but equal.”