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Recent Examples of Jim Crow
The military maintained Jim Crow not only in the deep South but coast to coast, including at large bases where Black citizen-soldiers were concentrated, such as Fort Huachuca, Ariz.
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Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Personal family accounts reveal how, despite slavery, Jim Crow and other roadblocks, the Malloy clan became one of Laurinburg’s richest and most powerful.
—Essence, 4 Nov. 2025
Established during the era of Jim Crow segregation, the park was designated for African Americans only.
—Mike Bezemek, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
Liuzzo grew up as a white civil rights activist, witnessing racial injustices while attending segregated schools in the Jim Crow South, shaping her dedication toward fighting for social justice.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Another friend was an evangelical pastor who grew up in the Jim Crow South believing that Black people were subhuman.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Most of them were constructed decades after the Civil War, as part of an effort to demonize Reconstruction and its goal of multiracial democracy, and to justify the emerging Jim Crow regime.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
The show, set during the Jim Crow era, traces the roots of the It story through the lens of racial terror and generational trauma — Charlotte is the grandmother of the young boy featured in the 2017 film.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Black and Indigenous Derry residents are barely tolerated, but the horrors of the Jim Crow South, where the National Guard is beating down protesters, play on television screens in the background.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Personal family accounts reveal how, despite slavery, Jim Crow and other roadblocks, the Malloy clan became one of Laurinburg’s richest and most powerful.
—Essence, 4 Nov. 2025
Established during the era of Jim Crow segregation, the park was designated for African Americans only.
—Mike Bezemek, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
Liuzzo grew up as a white civil rights activist, witnessing racial injustices while attending segregated schools in the Jim Crow South, shaping her dedication toward fighting for social justice.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Another friend was an evangelical pastor who grew up in the Jim Crow South believing that Black people were subhuman.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Most of them were constructed decades after the Civil War, as part of an effort to demonize Reconstruction and its goal of multiracial democracy, and to justify the emerging Jim Crow regime.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
The show, set during the Jim Crow era, traces the roots of the It story through the lens of racial terror and generational trauma — Charlotte is the grandmother of the young boy featured in the 2017 film.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Black and Indigenous Derry residents are barely tolerated, but the horrors of the Jim Crow South, where the National Guard is beating down protesters, play on television screens in the background.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Jim Crow
Noun
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Meanwhile, Georgia’s Board of Education barred textbooks from describing discrimination against Black people.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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But even after coming north, her grandparents encountered racial discrimination and struggled to find jobs.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Before Public Enemy makes an appearance in the clip, Ruby Bridges is shown ending segregation, bravely walking into her elementary school in New Orleans in 1960.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
30 Oct. 2025
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The map has already faced fierce pushback from some Kansas City residents, who point to the fact that lawmakers used Troost Avenue, a historic symbol of segregation in Kansas City, as the dividing line between the 4th and 5th Districts.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
29 Oct. 2025
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