Despite the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1875, southern states implemented Jim Crow laws, which were designed to

Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation and restricted African Americans’ rights and opportunities, preventing them from achieving equality. Although the Plessy v. Ferguson decision later upheld segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine, that was not the main purpose for which Jim Crow laws were designed.

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