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Recent Examples of Jim Crow
Just as slavery was a blight on young Amnerica, the Jim Crow and/or segregation also left its ugly print on our country.
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Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
The Jim Crow era excluded Black people from the political process, jobs and civic life, especially in — but not limited to — the South, which was then dominated by the Democratic Party.
—David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 3 June 2026
Our parents had known Jim Crow on a first-name basis.
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 3 June 2026
The same love of equality and freedom that courses through the Declaration motivated her white great-grandmother to campaign for suffrage and her African American grandfather to found a chapter of the NAACP in the Jim Crow South.
—Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
At stake is whether millions of Black Americans will have a say in their future or if the South will descend into the horrors of Jim Crow.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
Those marching orders left opponents and free speech advocates in disbelief, wondering how park employees were supposed to put a sunny spin on monuments acknowledging slavery, Jim Crow laws and the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Good Samaritan was brought about during the Jim Crow era where segregation laws were being enforced.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
For Black voters, this history can be clearly traced back through slavery, Jim Crow, and the long obstruction of civil rights enforcement.
—Bruce Sibley, Time, 29 May 2026
Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
The Jim Crow era excluded Black people from the political process, jobs and civic life, especially in — but not limited to — the South, which was then dominated by the Democratic Party.
—David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 3 June 2026
Our parents had known Jim Crow on a first-name basis.
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 3 June 2026
The same love of equality and freedom that courses through the Declaration motivated her white great-grandmother to campaign for suffrage and her African American grandfather to found a chapter of the NAACP in the Jim Crow South.
—Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
At stake is whether millions of Black Americans will have a say in their future or if the South will descend into the horrors of Jim Crow.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
Those marching orders left opponents and free speech advocates in disbelief, wondering how park employees were supposed to put a sunny spin on monuments acknowledging slavery, Jim Crow laws and the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Good Samaritan was brought about during the Jim Crow era where segregation laws were being enforced.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
For Black voters, this history can be clearly traced back through slavery, Jim Crow, and the long obstruction of civil rights enforcement.
—Bruce Sibley, Time, 29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Jim Crow
Noun
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Five years ago, a similar case generated one of the largest-ever verdicts in a discrimination case involving a single worker — $137 million — but Tesla got the award reduced 98% before reaching a confidential settlement.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
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Height discrimination, of course, is not a new phenomenon.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
Noun
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Just as slavery was a blight on young Amnerica, the Jim Crow and/or segregation also left its ugly print on our country.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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In court filings, incarcerated people and outside experts described administrative segregation units as psychologically damaging environments that can worsen symptoms and increase suicide risk.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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