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Jim Crow
noun
- a practice or policy of segregating or discriminating against Black people, as in public places, public vehicles, or employment.
- Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Black person.
adjective
- favoring or supporting a segregationist or discriminatory policy of Jim Crow.
- for Black people only:
a Jim Crow school.
jim crow
/ 藞d蕭瑟m 藞kr蓹蕣 /
noun
- the policy or practice of segregating Black people
- ( as modifier )
jim-crow laws
- a derogatory term for a Black person
- ( as modifier )
a jim-crow saloon
- an implement for bending iron bars or rails
- a crowbar fitted with a claw
Jim Crow
- A descriptive term for the segregation of institutions, businesses, hotels, restaurants, and the like. It also refers to the laws that required racial segregation.
Derived Forms
- 藞箩颈尘-藞肠谤辞飞颈蝉尘, noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of Jim Crow1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of Jim Crow1
Example Sentences
鈥淪inners鈥 features a refreshingly original plot that is part Jim Crow period piece about two brothers who open a juke joint, part vampire thriller.
Those billy clubs striking my body strengthened my mind and convinced me that, sooner or later, we could indeed overcome segregation and Jim Crow.
In fact, fascists in Europe, as you say, look to the Jim Crow laws of the South and the subjugation of Western Indian nations to inspire them and their race laws.
One specific issue raised by the order is the depiction of race, the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow laws, and other historical narratives in the Smithsonian鈥檚 collections.
Jim Crow and objections to federal overreach, of course, cut that legacy short.
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