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AJC.com > Legislature > Georgia Beat > Archives > 2005 > March > 24 > Entry
Legislature erases Jim Crow-era laws
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The state Senate today officially erased four Jim Crow-era laws from Georgia’s code.
The Georgia Legislature enacted the laws during the 1950s in an effort to preserve segregated schools following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ended “separate but equal” black and white school systems.
The laws have not been enforced in years, but have remained on the books.
One measure gave the governor the power to suspend compulsory school attendance laws; another allowed the governor to close schools.
With both Senate and House agreement, the bills now head to Gov. Sonny Perdue to be signed into law.
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