Jim Crow

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Recent Examples of Jim Crow Over time, through Jim Crow, segregation, and disinheritance, Black families were not allowed to access the property anymore. Jeffrey Bennett, Time, 5 Jan. 2026 During Jim Crow, its grounds offered a haven for the city’s Black population during a time when African Americans were banned from other waterfront parks in the state. Essence, 5 Jan. 2026 To play characters from the Jim Crow South, Jordan drew a bit from his own family history. Tracy Smith, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026 The archaeologist Jim Crow has suggested that this was one of the first times in British history that land had ever been purchased for the sole purpose of archaeological conservation. Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 Visitors begin in the History Galleries, which start with the transatlantic slave trade and move through Emancipation, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights era. Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2025 In a dark American era plagued by Jim Crow and rampant poverty, the plays of the FTP tended to engage frankly with some of the grimmer American truths. Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025 Set over an explosive night in the Jim Crow South, this terrifying period piece plays like a boozy bass riff stretched across genres. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2025 In Sinners, Lindo plays Delta Slim, an accomplished Blues musician, who falls down on his luck and into a drinking habit, due to the oppressive discriminations of the American Jim Crow South. Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Jim Crow
Noun
  • Galgiardi says Abasciano plans on filing claims for damages, disability discrimination and religious discrimination against the department.
    Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The commission also investigates complaints of discrimination and harassment, and looks into issues regarding employment, housing, education and credit.
    Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Over time, through Jim Crow, segregation, and disinheritance, Black families were not allowed to access the property anymore.
    Jeffrey Bennett, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
  • That is gentrification without preservation, segregation by another name.
    John W. Beacham, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026

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“Jim Crow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Jim%20Crow. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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