Esther Bubley/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (file no. LC-USW3-037939-E)
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After the end of the Reconstruction era in 1877, Southern states passed Jim Crow Laws in order to keep racial-based segregation intact. These laws meant to keep African American oppressed in the American South. They lasted for nearly a century, “ending” in 1965. Many experts and historians argue that the effects of the Jim Crow era and other racist laws and events still show in today’s society.
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