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Recent Examples of Jim Crow
The early loss of their mothers, Vernice to murder and Annie to abandonment, left the girls in the care of various relatives, growing up during the Jim Crow era.
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Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
This Jim Crow-era murder musical is the best kind of smart filmmaking, a barn-burner about religion and art and race that ditches the speeches for scenes of action and romance.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
The story of Frederick Douglass’s fight for universal suffrage from the Civil War to the rise of Jim Crow.
—Kyana Moghadam, NPR, 10 Mar. 2026
The March 7, 1965, violence that became known as Bloody Sunday shocked the nation and helped spur passage of the landmark legislation that dismantled barriers to voting for Black Americans in the Jim Crow South.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
In the Jim Crow South of the 1940s and 50s, Austin’s Black citizens were relegated east of Interstate 35.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
Jim Crow was establishing itself.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
The Harlem Renaissance With the Great Migration, when millions of African Americans fled violence and discrimination in the Jim Crow South for a new life up North, New York City's Harlem neighborhood became a haven for writers, artists, musicians and political leaders.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Jim Crow is imported to the Canal Zone Police brutality, exploitation and intra-racial and interracial tensions also served as scaffolding for reggaeton.
—Brendan Frizzell, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
This Jim Crow-era murder musical is the best kind of smart filmmaking, a barn-burner about religion and art and race that ditches the speeches for scenes of action and romance.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
The story of Frederick Douglass’s fight for universal suffrage from the Civil War to the rise of Jim Crow.
—Kyana Moghadam, NPR, 10 Mar. 2026
The March 7, 1965, violence that became known as Bloody Sunday shocked the nation and helped spur passage of the landmark legislation that dismantled barriers to voting for Black Americans in the Jim Crow South.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
In the Jim Crow South of the 1940s and 50s, Austin’s Black citizens were relegated east of Interstate 35.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
Jim Crow was establishing itself.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
The Harlem Renaissance With the Great Migration, when millions of African Americans fled violence and discrimination in the Jim Crow South for a new life up North, New York City's Harlem neighborhood became a haven for writers, artists, musicians and political leaders.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Jim Crow is imported to the Canal Zone Police brutality, exploitation and intra-racial and interracial tensions also served as scaffolding for reggaeton.
—Brendan Frizzell, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Jim Crow
Noun
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The discrimination was documented through multiple lawsuits, which cost taxpayers $350 million as of 2025.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 2026
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Orr was commenting on trans discrimination in general and not specifically about the Webber case.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Midtown side of Broadway was restricted to only Blacks during the segregation era, Robinson said, going into the 1960s and 70s.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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They were found guilty and released from segregation on March 10, 2021.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Mar. 2026
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