Compare and Contrast: Apartheid and Jim Crow Laws

Jim Crow Laws / Apartheid
General Explanation / State and local restrictions based on “separate but equal” status for black Americans. These circumstances led to “dejure segregation” / “apartness” system of legal racial segregation enforced by the National Party of South Africa. “Minority rule” by white people was allowed by Dutch descendants.
Timeline / 1867-1965 / 1948-1994
Classifications / Black vs. White / Black, White, Colored, Indian
Location / State and Local level (United States) / National Level (South Africa)
Examples of Segregation / Voting restrictions, segregation of public restaurants, facilities, schools, etc. / Segregation of education, medical care, forced separation, etc.
Overturned / Various Civil Rights Rulings:
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Civil Rights Act (1964)
Voting Rights Act (1965) / Democratic elections in 1994 allowed the ANC’s (African National Congress) Nelson Mandela to become South Africa’s first black President.