While segregation is typically associated with the South, the reality was that segregation was far more widespread. Southern states had Jim Crow laws, legislation introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Jim Crow was a term used for an African American.

The last of these laws were overturned in 1965 but while in action they made it dangerous for Black Americans to stray beyond their neighbourhoods, enter white-owned businesses, or use basic amenities such as public transportation,

Even in parts of the country where it was not legally enforceable, racist regulations, prohibitive pricing and social stigmas kept Black Americans out of white neighbourhoods, frequently relegating them to under-funded and under-serviced parts of town.

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