English Explanatory Dictionary

Jim Crow law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any law that racially segregated public facilities and which was enacted in Southern and border states in the United States between 1876 and 1965.

Word forms

Jim Crow law Jim Crow laws

Etymology

From the song Jump Jim Crow (c. 1830) which mockingly portrayed African-Americans. It became a generic term for African-Americans in the early- to mid-19th century.

Related words

apartheid Jim Crow
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