Jim Crow Law Definition
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(US, history) 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.
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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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