The purpose of Jim Crow laws was:
C. Racial segregation
Explanation:
1. Jim Crow laws were a set of laws enacted in the Southern United States between the 1870s and the 1960s.
2. These laws enforced racial segregation, which means separating people based on their race, particularly African Americans and Whites.
3. The laws enforced segregation in public places like schools, restaurants, theaters, and public transportation.
4. The aim was to maintain white supremacy and control over African Americans by legally segregating them from white society.
5. These laws promoted racial discrimination and inequality by creating separate facilities for different races, leading to inferior treatment for African Americans.
6. The Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 upheld the constitutionality of "separate but equal" facilities, further entrenching segregation under the guise of equality.
7. It wasn't about democratic election victories, African American enslavement, or racial integration but rather maintaining racial segregation as a way to uphold white superiority.
