Don’t Judge Skin African American heroes contributed greatly to the end of segregation. In 1864 The Jim Crow law was created. The Jim Crow law is the law that started the segregation and discrimination. Since African American men and women stood up for justice and equality because of white and black people. Segregation ended around 1964. People like Ella Baker, James Farmer, and James Forman, which were african american heroes back then. Ella Baker was born in 1903 here parents were Georgiana and Blake Baker. She created the SNCC and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), which were very strong groups to help discrimination. While she is a erudite woman, she also joined the YNC. The NAACP and her had a long association with the SNCC discussed