The Jim Crow Laws Jim Crow Laws are laws that were passed by southern legislatures that segregated, or separated, different racial groups in public places. The state of Alabama had many of these laws, and their effect on the African Americans of that state was great. In Alabama, a lot of Jim Crow Laws were created. These laws were very specific in telling how and where races were to be segregated. These laws included separation in buses, trains, restaurants, pool and billiard rooms, male toilet facilities, and hospitals. Bus stations required separate waiting rooms and ticket windows for whites and blacks. Trains must have the conductor divide different races into different cars of the