Jim Crow laws were enacted by politicians.
Jim Crow laws . Enacted by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures in the late nineteenth century after the Reconstruction period , these laws continued to be enforced until 1965 . A politician ( from `` politics '' + '' - ian '' , from the Greek title of Aristotle 's book Πολιτικά `` Politika '' , meaning `` Civic Affairs '' ) is a person active in party politics , or a person holding or seeking office in government . In democratic countries , politicians seek elective positions within a government through elections or , at times , temporary appointment to replace politicians who have died , resigned or have been otherwise removed from office .