What was the main purpose behind segregation laws? to protect african americans from white supremacist groups to prevent contact that would suggest equality of the races to provide facilities that were customized to each racial group to enable african americans to develop their own institutions

b to prevent contact that would suggest equality of the races

Explanation:

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts