Bookcover and author, Adam L. Perkins

Bookcover and author, Adam L. Perkins

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Southern Black Law Makers Approve Jim Crow Segregation

Across the Southern states in the deep South, black law makers moved with haste to pass Jim Crow legislation to insure legal and enforceable separation of the races. Motivated by personal biases and political ambition, it is expected that Jim Crow segregation to remain in full force for years to come.