The Jim Crow laws were in effect in America.
Florida Constitution of 1885 . It established a fifth constitution for the U.S. state of Florida . Jim Crow laws . They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities in the states of the former Confederate States of America , starting in 1890 with a `` separate but equal '' status for African Americans in railroad cars . Jim Crow laws -- sometimes , as in Florida , part of state constitutions -- mandated the segregation of public schools , public places , and public transportation , and the segregation of restrooms , restaurants , and drinking fountains for whites and blacks . The Southern United States , commonly referred to as the American South , Dixie , or simply the South , is a region of the United States of America .