Which of these is the best possible explanation for why southern states passed jim crow segregation laws?
a. white southerners felt that the black codes had been too harsh on african americans and that something else was needed.
b. white southerners wanted a stronger barrier of racial separation than the black codes to separate southern society.
c. the u.s. supreme court’s decisions recommended a harsher type of segregation between the races.
d. all answers are correct.