Jim Crow

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as in discrimination

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Recent Examples of Jim Crow The Great Migration saw Black people leaving the expanding Jim Crow apparatus in the South to cities further north. — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026 One of the most notorious lynchings during the Jim Crow period in America was of Leo Frank, a Jewish man. — John Blake, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 Jim Crow-era copies of the Green Book – a directory of businesses that would accommodate Black road trippers – show just how few options there were. — Daniel Milowski, The Conversation, 29 June 2026 In states shrouded by Jim Crow laws, Black Americans were advised where and where not to drive. — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for Jim Crow
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  1. discrimination
  2. segregation
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  • This finding does not make historical discrimination less important.
    — Mahbubur Meenar, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Trump's businesses say those explanations obscure political discrimination.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
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  • King joined faith leaders and civil rights advocates from across the country to honor those who challenged housing segregation, racial injustice and systemic inequality decades ago.
    — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In her order, Sykes barred the government from placing detainees in administrative segregation unless doing so was necessary to address a security threat to staff or the facility, or if a detainee requested it.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2026
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