jim crow laws

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Definition of jim crow laws in English English dictionary: plural form of Jim Crow law
Jim Crow law: Nickname for any law which racially segregated public facilities and which was enacted in Southern and border states in the United States between 1876 and 1965
Jim Crow Law: legal racial discrimination against African-Americans
Jim Crow Law: Law that enforced racial segregation in the U.S. South between 1877 and the 1950s. The term, taken from a minstrel-show routine, became a derogatory epithet for African Americans. After Reconstruction, Southern legislatures passed laws requiring segregation of whites and "persons of colour" on public transportation. These later extended to schools, restaurants, and other public places. In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education; later rulings struck down other Jim Crow laws

jim crow laws

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Jim Crow laws

cîm krō lôz

/ˈʤəm ˈkrō ˈlôz/ /ˈʤɪm ˈkroʊ ˈlɔːz/

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