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Jim Crow laws

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

Laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States, used as evidence of systemic injustice that required collective action to overturn.

AP course connection

Topic 2.2: 2.2 Building an argument with relevant and strategic evidence

Unit 2