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Jim Crow Era (1876 - 1954): Laws and Policies affecting African Americans
Federal Laws
| 1879 | Naturalization Act for person of African Origin |
| 1883 | Nullification of Civil Rights Act of 1875 |
| 1890 | Morrill Act (2nd) |
| 1896 | Plessey v. Ferguson (Supreme Court Rule that "separate but equal" facilities was constitutional |
| 1915 | Supreme Court declared restrictive residential ordinances in Louisville Kentucky illegal |
| 1921 | Immigration Act (Johnson Act) |
| 1924 | Immigration Act (Johnson-Reed Act) |
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