Segregation Ordinances In The 1920s

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In 1915, many segregation ordinances were in effect for cities such as Baltimore, Louisville, Richmond, Norfolk, Greenville, S.C., and many other cities also experienced this, and some of these segregation ordinances have been upheld in local state courts. Segregation ordinances were primarily put in place to separate two races blacks and whites. However, the African-Americans were the ones getting treated poorly, they were segregated from public spaces and politics. They did not have access to healthcare, education, and housing was scarce at the time. This has been going on for centuries hence Jews and the Germans, but segregation ordinances in the cities were there to preserve peace between two races, blacks and whites. There were many organizations