Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation in the United States, particularly in the southeast.
The Supreme Court case <em>Plessy v. Ferguson</em> ruled that races should be "separate but equal," thus, establishing the legality of racial segregation.
<em>Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka </em>overturned the ruling in <em>Plessy v. Ferguson, </em>making racial segregation in public accomodations unconstitutional.
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Aug. 22, 1862: President Lincoln told a New York newspaper that preserving the Union was his main goal of the Civil War — not abolishing slavery. "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all slaves I would do it," Lincoln said.
Explanation:
He stated it himself :)
