The correct answer is:
A. The Jim Crow laws.
Explanation:
The Jim Crow laws refer to local and state laws and statutes that created racial segregation mostly between African Americans and whites in Southern states of the United States during the late 19th century and the early 20th century before the Civil Rights Movement and the American Civil War. Jim Crow laws take their name for the Jump Jim Crow cartoon, and were focused on segregation of public facilities by race, different public schools, segregation on public transport, African Americans banned for entering restaurants, etc.
