Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Mississippi
Discrimination Laws
In the days of racial dicrimination, were the laws that prohibited blacks from sitting in front of the bus [Rosa Parks] and using white water fountains just verbal pronouncements by the whites or were they actual ''codified laws'' written as statutes in various southern states?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Discrimination Laws
These and many more were actually formal, written, and "codified" laws. In some places, they may still even be technically "on the books" though they have been invalidated and are no longer enforceable. Also, many other legal documents, such as leases and deeds were recorded in the land records, and remain so, which contain so-called "restrictive covenants" (which forbade selling the property to blacks, jews, etc.) -- these have been invalidated by the courts and are no longer enforceable.
Sad but true.
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