Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow | PBS
Jim Crow was not a person, yet affected the lives of millions of people. Named after a popular 19th-century minstrel song that stereotyped African Americans, "Jim Crow" came to personify the system of government-sanctioned racial oppression and segregation in the United States. Companion site for American Experience documentary. Includes timeline and extra information of people and events in film