Segregation is the separation of race or things. Segregation allowed African-Americans to attend church, attend schools, and go out to certain public places . The African-Americans had some freedom as long as they were separated from the “White” people. It was the practice of “separate but equal.” The “Jim Crow” system had many laws of what an African-American can and cannot do. If an African-American violated any law or “white” person, he was to be tortured and put to death. The death was often by hanging but in a gruesome way. Men, women, and children would crowd around as the person will be hanged. Here are two reasons why segregation is less important to maintaining the “Jim Crow” system. First, segregation, as long as rules were being
