1877:  Jim Crow Law

Indiana’s restrictive 1869 Jim Crow Law was altered to allow for integrated education, if necessary.  The revised law stated, “If separate schools could not be provided for black children, they were to be admitted to public schools with white children.  If a child in a colored school made sufficient advancement to be in a higher grade than offered by colored schools, he would be entitled to enter a school for white children, with no distinction made on account of race or color.”

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