When were Jim Crow laws first legislated and enforced on Black people?

starting in the late 1800s into the 1960s
starting in the 1600s with colonial slavery
starting in the 1950s during the civil rights movement
starting after the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson ruling option 1 2 3 or 4

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The correct answer is: starting after the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson ruling. Jim Crow laws were first legislated and enforced following the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, which upheld racial segregation laws in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal." These laws became widespread in the South in the late 19th century and continued to be enforced into the 1960s.