Jim+Crow+Laws

Jim Crow Laws were state and local laws in the United States used between 1876-1965. They enforced racial segregation in all public facilities.

These laws included segregation of blacks and whites in:
 * Public schools
 * Public places
 * Public transportation
 * Segregation of restrooms
 * Restaurants
 * Drinking fountains for whites and blacks
 * Nurses - white nurses do not care for black people
 * Buses - separate waiting rooms and ticket windows for whites and colored people
 * Railroads - separate sections in trains for colored people
 * Restaurants - black people can not be served in the same room as whites
 * Pool and billiard rooms - Negros and whites cannot play together
 * Male toilet facilities - separate bathrooms for whites and blacks
 * Intermarriage - t he marriage of a person of Caucasian blood with a Negro, Mongolian, Malay, or Hindu is not allowed.
 * White person can only marry another white person
 * Cohabitation - an unmarried mixed couple will receive jail time or a fine if they are living together
 * Education-separate schools
 * Juvenile delinquents - separate living quarters
 * Mental hospitals - separate living quarters
 * Barbers - no colored barber can assist a white woman or girl
 * Burial - The officer in charge is not allowed to bury and colored people.
 * Amateur baseball - White "amateur" or Major League baseball teams are not allowed to play with or consult with a lower colored team.
 * Parks - if a park is owned by the city, then black people are not able to play or step on it
 * Wine and beer - owners can either serve white OR black people beer, but NOT both
 * Reform schools - white and colored people who are committed to reform school, cannot go to school in the same school.
 * Circus tickets - if two different colored people go to the circus together, they have to sit in separate sections
 * Housing - only white people can rent from or rent out to white people and vise versa with colored
 * The blind - care homes for the blind
 * Promotion of equality - if anyone breaks the federal, state, or local laws, they have to pay the punishment the same way anyone else would.
 * Hospital entrances - separate entrances for white and colored as well as service.
 * Prisons - separate apartments for eating and sleeping for colored and whites.
 * Textbooks - books are not interchangeable between the two races, whoever uses it first...that race must continue using it.
 * Libraries - separate reading areas and checkout places for colored and whites.
 * Militia - white and colored militia should be separately enrolled.
 * Transportation - separate waiting rooms at all stations.
 * Teaching - separate teachers for each race.
 * Fishing, boating and bathing - can't fish, boat, or bath together.
 * Mining - baths and lockers are separate.
 * Telephone booths - separate booths and eating areas.
 * Lunch counters - can't give meals to colored and white people in the same room, table, or counter.
 * Child custody
 * Theaters