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noun
Any law that racially segregated public facilities and which was enacted in Southern and border states in the United States between 1876 and 1965.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical
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History
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.
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