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Recent Examples of Jim Crow
These executive orders paved the way for a more expansive civil rights agenda led by everyday African Americans, especially those who faced Jim Crow segregation in the South.
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Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
This peril—glimpsed as well in studies of Reconstruction- and Jim Crow–era America—deserves greater consideration than is afforded by Blakely’s cursory account.
—Colin Cepuran, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
The club served as a beacon of entrepreneurship and artistic expression during Jim Crow.
—Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
There is a direct line of misappropriation from the theory of natural selection to the eugenics of Nazism and Jim Crow.
—Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026
Gaining these rights were the nails in the coffin of Jim Crow and a government that had approved segregation in America.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
Now, at the time, segregation was legal under the Jim Crow laws.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
To tackle the Jim Crow era and Black identity through a vampire film is an incredible feat.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
In the racist era of Jim Crow segregation, Mercy-Douglass provided healing and hope to Philadelphia's Black communities.
—Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
This peril—glimpsed as well in studies of Reconstruction- and Jim Crow–era America—deserves greater consideration than is afforded by Blakely’s cursory account.
—Colin Cepuran, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
The club served as a beacon of entrepreneurship and artistic expression during Jim Crow.
—Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
There is a direct line of misappropriation from the theory of natural selection to the eugenics of Nazism and Jim Crow.
—Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026
Gaining these rights were the nails in the coffin of Jim Crow and a government that had approved segregation in America.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
Now, at the time, segregation was legal under the Jim Crow laws.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
To tackle the Jim Crow era and Black identity through a vampire film is an incredible feat.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
In the racist era of Jim Crow segregation, Mercy-Douglass provided healing and hope to Philadelphia's Black communities.
—Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Jim Crow
Noun
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The Fair Housing Act of 1968 prohibited discrimination concerning the sale and financing of housing based on race, religion or national origin.—
Willie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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Jael Marajh, a midwifery graduate awaiting board certification, believes racial discrimination played a significant role.—
Nicky Zizaza,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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King, of course, was referring to segregation.—
Caitlin Hu,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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The distortions of segregation in the South in the forties left their mark, to be sure, but behind his tropism for the limelight, underneath all the braggadocio that is mistaken for arrogance, lies Jesse Louis Jackson's greatest longing in life—the lust for legitimacy.—
Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Jim Crow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Jim%20Crow. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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