17 Examples of Jim Crow Laws in the United States of America

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8. Mental Hospitals:

The Board of Control shall see that proper and distinct apartments are arranged for said patients, so that in no case shall Negroes and white persons be together.

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9. Barbers:

No colored barber shall serve as a barber [to] white women or girls.

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10. Burial:

The officer in charge shall not bury, or allow to be buried, any colored persons upon ground set apart or used for the burial of white persons. – Source

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