Jim Crow Laws In The 1920's

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In the 1890s a system of laws and regulations had transpired, which was referred to as Jim Crow. The states apart of the former Confederacy had endorsed this legalized segregation and deprivation of privileges by 1910. During this time, known as the Jim Crow era, there were curfews made for African Americans. There were "Whites Only" and "Colored" signs posted on water fountains, restrooms, parks, hotels, schools, and all models of transportation. Laws against interracial marriages were active and considered any and all marriages between White and Black people illegal. A Southern White supremacist group, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), earned a membership of six million. The KKK encouraged mob violence and public torture. Over 3,700 men and women were