History A-Level

Jim Crow segregation

What Jim Crow segregation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

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Laws that continued to enforce racial segregation in schools, transport and public places across the South.

Pearson Edexcel · Paper 3, Option 39.1: Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 - 3 The New Deal and race relations, 1933–41 (study guide)

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Paper 3, Option 39.1: Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 - 3 The New Deal and race relations, 1933–41 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)

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