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Jim Crow Segregation Laws Illegal

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Civil Procedure, Injunctions. Location: Georgia.

A three judge district court struck down as unconstitutional Georgia statutes requiring the racial segregation of state prisons and local jails. Court also held prisoners lacked standing to demand prisons and jails to hire black staff. Interesting historical description of Jim Crow prisons. See: Wilson v. Kelley, 294 F. Supp. ...

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