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The Jim Crow laws were specific laws that said: whites and colored should be separated from each other. They were supposed to be "separate but equal" but this was most definitely not the case. African Americans would get water fountains, seats on the bus, and even restaurants, but they would be dirty, cheaper, and just not served and treated with respect like whites were. They often had to sit in the back of restaurants and order last or even sit in the back of busses and get off last. This was a devastating time for African Americans and African American kids who also had to grow up with this horrible treatment. Whites would also call them names, spit on them, and even commit crimes against them with receiving little punishment if any. These laws lasted for over 50 years.

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