During the Jim Crow era, the segregation was very deeply rooted. The African American people weren’t allowed to drink out of the same water fountains. Instead, they had to drink the runoff from the white person's water fountain. The schoolhouses were divided and a black person could not enter the classroom if a white student was still in it. Interracial marriage was illegal and if somebody gave them a marriage license they could be fined up to $500. Whites could not have a license to operate a billiards room where Negroes are allowed to come in. Negroes could not vote, were denied the rent of an apartment. Although African Americans were more significantly affected by the laws, Caucasian people were still affected in their mind. Some thought
