Segregation Laws

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noun a character in minstrel shows, usually depicted as a stereotypical black man

  • The Jim Crow laws were a set of racist legislation in the United States that enforced segregation and discrimination.
  • Back in the days of Jim Crow, African Americans faced harsh segregation and inequality.
  • Those Jim Crow laws were just plain wrong, man.
  • The remnants of Jim Crow still linger in the systemic racism present today.