• The Jim Crow laws were a series of state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States from 1877 to 1964.
• These laws legalized discrimination against African Americans, relegating them to second-class citizenship.
• The name "Jim Crow" originated from a minstrel show character portrayed by white performers in blackface.
• Jim Crow laws affected various aspects of daily life, including education, public facilities, transportation, and marriage.
• The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s led to the dismantling of these discriminatory laws.