Subordination of freed slaves and Jim Crow

We all know that the slaves were freed in the 1860's. But what happened to them during the rest of the nineteenth century?
Blacks were not allowed to be assertive. If they were, they faced eviction from their homes, unemployment, and even physical harm.
Southerners disenfranchised blacks, or stopped them from voting, by enacting poll taxes, literacy exams, and voting registration laws.
Jim Crow laws were legal codes of segregation in individual states. Schools, trains, buses, and public places such as theaters, hotels, and restaurants were segregated. Some states even prohibited marriages between blacks and whites. They were passed shortly after the Civil War in the 1880's. The name "Jim Crow" originates from a nineteenth century song that stereotyped African Americans.
In 1896, Homer Plessey was convicted for riding in a whites-only train car in Louisiana. The case went as far as Supreme Court, but the justices voted in favor of the Louisiana Court. This led to the establishment of "separate but equal facilities."
If blacks dared to violate Jim Crow laws, they faced harsh punishments, including lynchings, in the South. There were more blacks lynched than whites from 1895 to 1945.





Sources:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAjimcrow.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/
www.us.history.wisc.edu
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