Jim Crow law

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词形变化

Jim Crow laws 复数 Jim Crow laws

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any law that racially segregated public facilities and which was enacted in Southern and border states in the United States between 1876 and 1965.

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词源

From the song Jump Jim Crow (c. 1830) which mockingly portrayed African-Americans. It became a generic term for African-Americans in the early- to mid-19th century.

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