Jim Crow was a set of laws created to oppress African Americans. Viewed as a code of conduct, these legal measures excluded African Americans from public accommodations, also known as segregation. To enforce Jim Crow, lynching existed as a weapon of choice. Jim Crow laws derived from the landmark Supreme Court decision Plessy vs. Ferguson, which permitted racial segregation as long as public facilities were equal; hence, the continuous usage of the phrase “ Separate but equal.” Jim Crow laws are significant for many reasons. Firstly, these discriminatory laws, not only demonstrated the ongoing claims of white supremacy in southern states but also, included acts from the military, which refused to permit African Americans from defending the
