Louisiana's Separate Car Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Louisiana%27s_Separate_Car_Act
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:effective_date 1890
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:Louisiana_State_Legislature
gptkbp:enforces railroad companies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Louisiana's Separate Car Act
gptkbp:is_affected_by gptkb:African_Americans
gptkbp:legal_issue gptkb:Plessy_v._Ferguson
gptkbp:location gptkb:Louisiana
gptkbp:purpose mandate racial segregation in railroad cars
gptkbp:repealed_by gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:significance example of Jim Crow laws
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Homer_Plessy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5