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.
