Despite the passage of the civil rights act of 1875, southern states implemented jim crow laws, which were designed to

Despite the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1875, southern states implemented Jim Crow laws, which were designed to prevent African Americans from gaining equality.

Explanation:

The Jim Crow Laws were a series of laws that applied in several southern states between 1876 and 1965. These laws involved racial segregation by requiring that public areas where blacks and whites could be in should be kept separate. This applied, for example, to schools, hospitals, public transport, restaurants and hotels. In reality, the laws, even though they stated that blacks and whites were equal, meant blacks were subjected to extensive discrimination.  

The Jim Crow laws were gradually repealed after 1954, when the Supreme Court declared a series of racial disputes as unconstitutional. The last laws were repealed in 1964 and 1965.