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Recent Examples of Jim Crow
The legislation won approval on a party-line vote after four hours of fiery debate during which Black legislators said the moment calls back to the state’s shameful Jim Crow-era history.
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David A. Lieb, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
From ‘Jim Crow’ to ‘authentically’ Black In my view, the willingness of courts to accept rap lyrics as evidence emerges from popular entertainment’s long-standing deployment of negative stereotypes about Black people.
—A.d. Carson, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
Over decades this led to Jim Crow laws, under which most Black Americans in the south were effectively disenfranchised despite constitutional rights.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
It’s rooted in broader efforts to limit the education students receive about their Black history and the ways in which governments have limited how educators talk about the facts around Jim Crow, slavery and systemic inequality.
—Miami Herald, 2 May 2026
Ma Honey—a Black woman building business equity in the Jim Crow South—was always the blueprint.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Their joyous innocence depicts the newest generation of Black Americans who won’t contend with enslavement but will be forced to confront the terrors of Jim Crow.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026
The Lost Cause was fortified by presidential power and bulwarked for a century by Jim Crow.
—Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
Scott was a pioneering Black lawmaker David Albert Scott was born in rural Aynor, South Carolina, on June 27, 1945, in the era of Jim Crow segregation.
—Bill Barrow, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2026
David A. Lieb, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
From ‘Jim Crow’ to ‘authentically’ Black In my view, the willingness of courts to accept rap lyrics as evidence emerges from popular entertainment’s long-standing deployment of negative stereotypes about Black people.
—A.d. Carson, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
Over decades this led to Jim Crow laws, under which most Black Americans in the south were effectively disenfranchised despite constitutional rights.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
It’s rooted in broader efforts to limit the education students receive about their Black history and the ways in which governments have limited how educators talk about the facts around Jim Crow, slavery and systemic inequality.
—Miami Herald, 2 May 2026
Ma Honey—a Black woman building business equity in the Jim Crow South—was always the blueprint.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Their joyous innocence depicts the newest generation of Black Americans who won’t contend with enslavement but will be forced to confront the terrors of Jim Crow.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026
The Lost Cause was fortified by presidential power and bulwarked for a century by Jim Crow.
—Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
Scott was a pioneering Black lawmaker David Albert Scott was born in rural Aynor, South Carolina, on June 27, 1945, in the era of Jim Crow segregation.
—Bill Barrow, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Jim Crow
Noun
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In January, the DOJ sought to join a lawsuit accusing the UCLA Medical School of engaging in racial discrimination in its admissions process.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
7 May 2026
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The court ruled race can’t be taken into account when designing political districts unless there already was racial discrimination in those areas.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 May 2026
Noun
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This includes more intentional community engagement and integration of mixed-income housing within developments to mitigate segregation.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Alongside legal segregation, separate and unequal categories emerged for Black music.—
A.D. Carson,
The Conversation,
6 May 2026
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“Jim Crow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Jim%20Crow. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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