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What did the Jim crow laws prevent African Americans from doing?

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Jim Crow laws prevented African-Americans from voting, holding public office, attending government functions, and in many places, entering buildings.

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Rampant racism and government-sanctioned segregation forced African-Americans into a position of low status, as compared to whites.

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Black codes and Jim Crow laws were laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power of black voters

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