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Jim Crow laws were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation. Named after an insulting song lyric regarding African Americans, the laws—which existed for about 100 years, from the post-Civil War era until 1968—were meant to return Southern states to an antebellum class structure by marginalizing black Americans.
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  Link   The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow | PBS | ep 1 of 4 Promises Betrayed
End of the Civil War and Reconstruction. But as the North gradually withdrew its support for black aspirations for land, civil and political rights, and legal due process, Southern whites succeeded in passing laws that segregated and disfranchised Af 		266
  Link   The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow | PBS | ep 2 of 4 Fighting Back
The second episode explores the dramatic rise of a successful black middle class and the determination of white supremacists to destroy this fledgling black political power. 		263
  Link   The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow | PBS | ep 3 of 4 Don't Shoot to soon
Episode 3 chronicles years between World Wars I and II, a time of increased mob violence, lynchings, and massacres of blacks. White supremacy was kept in place by terrorism, but three men, each part of the fledgling NAACP, led campaigns to confront t 		271
  Link   The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow | PBS | ep 4 of 4 Terror and Triumph
The final episode, "Terror and Triumph," examines the surge of black activism that took place after World War II. Prolonged legal battles led to Supreme Court decisions that opened doors and restored voting rights for blacks. 		258
 
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