After the Supreme Court ruled against Homer Plessy, the Jim Crow laws became law of the land for almost 60 years. These racial discrimination laws allowed states to make laws requiring separate but equal facilities. It allowed any type of public facility to have “whites only” and “blacks only” areas, which meant that buses, restrooms, schools could all be segregated.
The Plessy decision cause lots of heartaches by tearing apart both black and white communities, although some white people did not agree yet their lives were not affected much. The white people had better facilities and the black people had inferior facilities. Jim Crow laws prohibited blacks and whites to share anything.
Life was difficult for the black community and they tried
The Plessy decision cause lots of heartaches by tearing apart both black and white communities, although some white people did not agree yet their lives were not affected much. The white people had better facilities and the black people had inferior facilities. Jim Crow laws prohibited blacks and whites to share anything.
Life was difficult for the black community and they tried