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Jim Crow Definition


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Jim Crow
noun
    slang:
    1. offensive
      A black person.
    2a. The policy of segregating blacks from whites, eg in public vehicles, public places or employment;
    2b. For blacks only.
      Example: Jim-Crow schools
    3. A tool for bending iron bars.
    4. A plane or other tool that works in both directions.
Derivative: Jim-Crowism
noun
    Etymology: 19c: from the name of a black minstrel song.



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