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The Jim Crow laws were local laws used by states to enforce racial segregation. It operated mainly in Southern states but it wasn't completely limited to it. The anti-black laws soon became very popular and led to the relegation blacks to second-class citizens. The Jim Crow laws eventually made its way into churches. Ministers were preaching that God intended african americans to be the servants and that God supported segregation. The most well known laws however were the ones that restricted the right to vote. The grandfather clause which stated that if your grandfather was a slave during the Civil War you couldn't vote as well as a poll tax. The Jim Crow laws strongly represented a period of hate and racism in the US and represents a dark time in our history.

Many of the laws include: - You can't shake hands with a white male as it shows social equality - May not eat with whites - Whites have the right-of-way at all intersections - No use of courtesy titles (Mr or Mrs) - No showing of public affection

" What Was Jim Crow." //Jim Crow Museum: Origins of Jim Crow//. Web. 5 Nov. 2015.