Category Archives: Jim Crow Era to the Great Depression (1878-1932)

Jim Crow laws were enacted to enforce racial segregation in the Southern U.S. and consequently invoked violence and discrimination against African Americans across the country. As activists advocated for better political representation, protections, education and employment in Black communities, a great number of Southern African Americans pursued new opportunities in Northern cities like Chicago, Detroit and New York. Although that the Jim Crow Era lasted until the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, in this website, we are separating the New Deal and World War II years as a separate category.