Jim Crow Inside the South Jim Crow Outside the South Jim Crow Violence Jim Crow Heroes Women and Jim Crow Jim Crow and the Supreme Court African-American Colleges Jim Crow Press African-American Museums and Historic Sites Sports and Jim Crow America Narratives Image Gallery Encyclopedia Join Us Do You Have Another Opinion? Let Us Know! Jim Crow Inside the South Although the rule of Jim Crow took many forms, the legal side of white supremacy (laws and court rulings) began first in the South before spreading across the nation. This map presents an extensive survey of those laws designed to disfranchise African Americans and segregate them from whites in the schools and public places of the American South. Each entry tells an individual story, but taken together the map presents a kind of legal landscape depicting the history and character of Jim Crow. The states listed as Inside the South were part of the Confederacy, were states and territories where slavery existed substantially prior to the Civil War, or were states and territories where the legacy of slavery was strongly felt in the years immediately after the Civil War. Students and teachers may want to use this map in conjunction with the other maps and "in-depth" historical essays available on the site. Read an overview of Jim Crow legislation across the United States. If you are interested in contributing research text or lesson plans for this section, please submit the Join Us form. All teachers are paid for their contributions to the site.