e South, passed laws "that were designed to segregate the white and black races and to keep African Americans in an inferior position in society." (Hamner 21). These laws were called "Jim Crow laws." Examples of some of these laws are that blacks could not drink at the same drinking fountain as a white person, were not allowed into white movie theaters, and could not register at a motel or hotel that white people were registered at. Also in most southern states, blacks could not vote.
             These laws also denied blacks equal education. Black children could attend the same schools as white children. Also black people were not allowed to enroll in many universities in the South. The separate facilities were far from equal. "At black schools and colleges, the faculty was poorly paid, the facilities inferior... The curriculum at black colleges
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