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Jim Crow Era (1876 - 1954): Laws and Policies affecting African Americans
Federal Laws
1879 | Naturalization Act for person of African Origin |
1883 | Nullification of Civil Rights Act of 1875 |
1890 | Morrill Act (2nd) |
1896 | Plessey v. Ferguson (Supreme Court Rule that "separate but equal" facilities was constitutional |
1915 | Supreme Court declared restrictive residential ordinances in Louisville Kentucky illegal |
1921 | Immigration Act (Johnson Act) |
1924 | Immigration Act (Johnson-Reed Act) |