Separate but equal policy to 1939

Despite emancipation during the Civil War, black Americans continued to face prejudice. Many states introduced legislation - known as Jim Crow laws - that segregated black from white Americans.

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The main events from the end of the American Civil War to the Scottsboro Boys arrest.

The main events during from the end of the American Civil War to the Scottsboro Boys arrest.

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Separate but equal policy to 1939

Separate but equal

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