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Recent Examples of Jim Crow
Call it the new Jim Crow — a disingenuous way to suppress certain votes all gussied up as safety.
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Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
The museum takes visitors on an insightful journey through the past, present and future of Mississippi's pivotal role in the Civil Rights movement, including the history of slavery in the state and the beginnings of the Jim Crow era.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
And because of that decision, the Republicans lose the House in 1874, Reconstruction ends, Jim Crow is imposed.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 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, 9 June 2026
Scholars have highlighted the ways in which Jim Crow informed the Nuremberg Laws, yet German colonial rule in Africa produced anti-miscegenation regulations and racial hierarchies that predate the Nazi period.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Last year, in April, the Post reported that the National Parks Service had edited dozens of web pages to soften or remove references to slavery, racial division, civil rights, the Jim Crow era, and other parts of American history.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 5 June 2026
Expect rich character development in both Vernice and Annie—two motherless best friends being raised in the Jim Crow South—and absorbing prose in this sweeping saga.
—Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 5 June 2026
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
Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
The museum takes visitors on an insightful journey through the past, present and future of Mississippi's pivotal role in the Civil Rights movement, including the history of slavery in the state and the beginnings of the Jim Crow era.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
And because of that decision, the Republicans lose the House in 1874, Reconstruction ends, Jim Crow is imposed.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 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, 9 June 2026
Scholars have highlighted the ways in which Jim Crow informed the Nuremberg Laws, yet German colonial rule in Africa produced anti-miscegenation regulations and racial hierarchies that predate the Nazi period.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Last year, in April, the Post reported that the National Parks Service had edited dozens of web pages to soften or remove references to slavery, racial division, civil rights, the Jim Crow era, and other parts of American history.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 5 June 2026
Expect rich character development in both Vernice and Annie—two motherless best friends being raised in the Jim Crow South—and absorbing prose in this sweeping saga.
—Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 5 June 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Jim Crow
Noun
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The Well Beings Blog supports the critical health and wellbeing of all individuals, to raise awareness, reduce stigma and discrimination, and change the public discourse.—
Wes Kilgore,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Patterson, a former Charlotte Fire Department battalion chief, had a pending, seven-year-old lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against the city until the week before his wife, Estella Patterson, became chief of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in October.—
Julia Coin
June 11,
Charlotte Observer,
11 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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“Jim Crow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Jim%20Crow. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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