Why where Jim crow laws constitutional?

Answer 1

Jim Crow laws were not constitutional. The constitution states that slaves were 3/4's of a person when considering population concerning determining the number of representatives in Congress. This was agreed to because smaller northern states were afraid that the large southern states could control congress through the sheer number of representatives in slave states. The Jim Crow laws are a result of emancipation after the Civil War. The 13, 14, and 15 amendments gave former slaves citizenship, voting rights, and protection in law. Southern whites didn't like the new laws so they began to charge poll taxes, reading tests, and intimidation to keep the former slaves from voting. Combined with the intimidating by the KKK and discrimination in housing, schools, and work this system kept the former slaves from expressing their civil rights for over 100 years.