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Jim Crow and the Supreme Court
This map presents important discrimination cases heard by the Supreme Court of the United States during the Jim Crow era. The cases presented here fall into three categories: segregation, civil rights, and disfranchisement. Segregation cases are those related to separating the races in public and private places such as schools, trains, amusement parks, and the workplace. Civil rights cases address the many instances where the constitutional rights of non-whites were abridged or challenged, such as a citizen's right to a fair and speedy trial or to participation in juries. Disfranchisement cases focused on laws and actions that deprived African-American citizens and other non-whites of their rights to vote, often through poll taxes, literacy tests, and residency requirement laws. The remaining Civil Rights and disfranchisement cases will be available soon.
State and local Jim Crow laws maps are currently being created; if you'd like to contribute examples of court cases from your state, or additional information on the cases presented here, please Join Us. Be sure to see the unit plan on Brown v. Board of Education, which uses primary sources from the court cases involved.
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