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jim-crow
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Jim-crowadjective
For negroes only; set aside for used of negroes as a policy of racial discrimination.
Webster Dictionary
Jim-crownoun
a machine for bending or straightening rails
Jim-crownoun
a planing machine with a reversing tool, to plane both ways
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Jim-crow
jim′-krō, n. a tool for bending or straightening iron rails or bars.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Jim-crow in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Jim-crow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Jim-crow in a Sentence
The analogy that comes to mind is Confederate statues, most Confederate statues weren't put up right after the Civil War. They were part of the spreading of the Lost Cause Theory, and then Jim Crow and segregation. They had a purpose in the eyes of the public.
I drive past a Robert E. Lee statue... every day going into Virginia General Assembly knowing I'm their worst nightmare, a Black woman working to eradicate the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow that they worked to keep in place.
The pattern of Trump's misconduct is unmistakable and has proven time and time again, that he is unfit to serve as the President of this country, the NAACP president has led one of the most racist and xenophobic administrations since the Jim Crow era. Trump needs to know that he is not above the law and the crimes that he has committed and he must be prosecuted.
Youve got Jim Crow sneaking back in, you know what happens when you have an equal right to vote? They lose.
People say' slavery was so long ago' or' my family didn't own slaves.' But the key thing to understand is that the unpaid labor of millions -- and the legacy of slavery, Jim Crow laws, discrimination in mortgage lending and a race-based system of mass incarceration -- created uncompensated wealth for individuals and white society as a whole.
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