Brutal Jim Crow Segregation Lasted More Than 100 Years After Slavery Officially Ended

Too many people think slavery ended in 1863 with Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation so African Americans should just “get over it.” They conveniently forget the 100+ years of “Jim Crow” segregation that followed which were almost as bad, and “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.” I can vividly remember as a child t…