jim crow law

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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
legal racial discrimination against African-Americans
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
plural form of Jim Crow law
jim crow law

    Silbentrennung

    Jim Crow law

    Türkische aussprache

    cîm krō lô

    Aussprache

    /ˈʤəm ˈkrō ˈlô/ /ˈʤɪm ˈkroʊ ˈlɔː/

    Etymologie

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