During the late 1880s, Azibo, an African American southerner, was thrown out of a train in New Orleans for boarding a compartment that was reserved for white people. Which of the following laws were in favor of such incidents of segregation?

A. The Nuremberg laws
B. The canon laws
C. The Old Covenant laws
D. TheJim Crow laws
E. The sodomy laws


Answer: D

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