Jim Crow laws
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Etymology
Came from the minstrel show song "Jump Jim Crow", written in 1828 by Thomas D. Rice, the originator of blackface performance.
Proper noun
Jim Crow
- A generic name for the Negro.
- Southern United States racist and especially segregationist policies in the late 1800s and early to mid 1900s, taken collectively.
Noun
Jim Crow
- A World War II code name for patrols along the British coastline to intercept enemy aircraft, originally intended to warn of invasion in 1940.
- The Battle of Britain Monument in London
- ... flying cannon equipped Spitfires V’s mainly on ‘Jim Crow’ operations (operational Patrols along the home coastline intercepting any hostile aircraft and looking out for any invasion forces).
- The Battle of Britain Monument in London
Adjective
Jim Crow
- That discriminates against African Americans.
- Segregated between African Americans and Caucasians.
- A Jim Crow audience