This month in #CivilRights history, Southern states passed "Black Codes" – laws that restricted the rights and freedoms of newly freed slaves. With unemployment and public assembly criminalized, more black citizens entered the criminal justice system than ever before. | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement

In 1865, Southern states — in the shadow of a Civil War defeat — established "Black Codes," strict laws to control the newly freed black population. The result? Black Americans entered the criminal justice system more than ever before: https://comca.st/31DrQpU #Jamestown400 | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement