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California’s Archaic Vagrancy Laws

California’s Archaic Vagrancy Laws

The most famous vagrancy laws ever created are commonly referred to as the Anti-Okie laws. These particular laws were created in an effort to prevent people who weren’t white, fairly well off, and in good physical condition from entering the state. It wasn’t until 1941 that the U.S. Supreme Court got involved and ruled declared […]