Jim Crow law: Facts & Related Content

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Date	c. 1877 - c. 1950
Context	separate but equal • Separate Car Act • Jim Crow

Common Jim Crow laws included literary tests, poll taxes, and the grandfather clause, which were all restrictions on voting meant to keep black men from casting a ballot. Bans on interracial marriage and separation between races in public and places of business were also common parts of Jim Crow.
The special relationship between Jim Crow laws and transit would make buses and trains a focus of anti-segregationists throughout the period of Jim Crow laws, especially during the American civil rights movement.