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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JIM CROW

From Jim Crow, name of song used as the basis of an act by Thomas Rice (1808–60), American entertainer.
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PRONUNCIATION OF JIM CROW

jim crow  [ˈdʒɪm ˈkrəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JIM CROW

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Jim crow is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JIM CROW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

jim crow

Jim Crow laws

The Jim Crow laws were racial segregation laws enacted between 1876 and 1965 in the United States at the state and local level. They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities in Southern states of the former Confederacy, with, starting in 1890, a "separate but equal" status for African Americans. The separation in practice led to conditions for African Americans that tended to be inferior to those provided for white Americans, systematizing a number of economic, educational and social disadvantages. De jure segregation mainly applied to the Southern United States. While Northern segregation was generally de facto, there were patterns of segregation in housing enforced by covenants, bank lending practices, and job discrimination, including discriminatory union practices for decades. Some examples of Jim Crow laws are the segregation of public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains for whites and blacks. The U.S.

Definition of jim crow in the English dictionary

The first definition of jim crow in the dictionary is the policy or practice of segregating Black people. Other definition of jim crow is a derogatory term for a Black person. Jim crow is also an implement for bending iron bars or rails.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JIM CROW


cockcrow
ˈkɒkˌkrəʊ
crow
krəʊ
escroc
ɛsˈkrəʊ
escrow
ˈɛskrəʊ
jim-crow
dʒɪm krəʊ
macro
ˈmækrəʊ
micro
ˈmaɪkrəʊ
mucro
ˈmjuːkrəʊ
NACRO
ˈnækrəʊ
outcrow
ˌaʊtˈkrəʊ
overcrow
ˌəʊvəˈkrəʊ
pilcrow
ˈpɪlkrəʊ
scarecrow
ˈskɛəˌkrəʊ
scrow
skrəʊ
semimicro
ˌsemɪˈmaɪkrəʊ
supermicro
ˈsuːpərˌmaɪkrəʊ
synchro
ˈsɪŋkrəʊ
ultramicro
ˌʌltrəˈmaɪkrəʊ
Velcro
ˈvɛlkrəʊ
Yamoussoukro
ˌjæmʊˈsuːkrəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JIM CROW

jillion
jillionth
Jilolo
Jilong
jilt
jilter
Jim
jim-crow
jim-crowism
jiminy
jimjams
jimmied
jimmies
jimminy
jimmy
Jimmy Woodser
jimp
jimply
jimpness
jimson weed

WORDS THAT END LIKE JIM CROW

arrow
barrow
borrow
brow
carrion crow
eat crow
eyebrow
front row
grow
hooded crow
hoodie crow
in a row
morrow
narrow
row
scald-crow
sorrow
sparrow
throw
tomorrow

Synonyms and antonyms of jim crow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «jim crow» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JIM CROW

Find out the translation of jim crow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of jim crow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jim crow» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

黑人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

jim crow
570 millions of speakers

English

jim crow
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जिम क्रो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جيم كرو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Джима Кроу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Jim Crow
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চ স্বরে পড়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jim crow
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jim gagak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Jim-Crow-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ジム·カラス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

짐 까마귀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jim crow
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quạ jim
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஜிம் காகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जिम काव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Jim crow
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

segregazione razziale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Jim Crow
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Джима Кроу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Jim Crow
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

jim crow
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Jim Crow
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

jim crow
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Jim Crow
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jim crow

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JIM CROW»

The term «jim crow» is regularly used and occupies the 75.955 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JIM CROW» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «jim crow» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «jim crow» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about jim crow

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JIM CROW»

Discover the use of jim crow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jim crow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of ...
Argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race.
Michelle Alexander, 2013
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of ...
Although Jim Crow laws have been wiped off the books, an astounding percentage of the African American community remains trapped in a subordinate status - much like their grandparents before them.
Michelle Alexander, 2010
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of ...
Although Jim Crow laws have been wiped off the books, an astounding percentage of the African American community remains trapped in a subordinate status-much like their grandparents before them.
Michelle Alexander, 2010
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The Strange Career of Jim Crow
The Strange Career of Jim Crow is one of the great works of Southern history. Indeed, the book actually helped shape that history. Published in 1955, a year after the Supreme Court in Brown v.
C. Vann Woodward, 2001
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From Jim Crow to Jay-Z: Race, Rap, and the Performance of ...
Broadening the significance of hip-hop culture by linking it to other expressive forms within popular culture, Miles White examines how these representations have both encouraged the demonization of young black males in the United States ...
Miles White, 2011
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Jumpin' Jim Crow: Southern Politics from Civil War to Civil ...
Finding the political in 'unlikely spaces, ' these essays require us to rethink the foundations of white supremacy and of southern history more generally."--Drew Gilpin Faust, Annenberg Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
Jane Elizabeth Dailey, Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, Bryant Simon, 2000
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Benching Jim Crow: The Rise and Fall of the Color Line in ...
"Historians, sports scholars, and students will refer to Benching Jim Crow for many years to come as the standard source on the integration of intercollegiate sport."ùMark S. Dyreson, author of Making the American Team: Sport, Culture, and ...
Charles H. Martin, 2010
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Jim Crow America
This is a resource on racism and segregation in American life.
Catherine M. Lewis, 2009
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Tackling Jim Crow: Racial Segregation in Professional Football
This work traces professional football's movement from segregation to integration, beginning with a discussion of the various reasons why the game was first segregated.
Alan H. Levy, 2003
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Jim Crow Nostalgia: Reconstructing Race in Bronzeville
An incisive examination of how black leaders reinvented the history of Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood in ways that sanitized the brutal elements of life under Jim Crow develops a new way to understand the political significance of race ...
Michelle R. Boyd, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JIM CROW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jim crow is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kick the 'new Jim Crow' out the door - Chicago Tribune
No wonder many people are calling mass incarceration "The New Jim Crow," which is also the title of a best-selling expose by law professor ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Urban Planning that Undoes the “New Jim Crow
Describing this oversight in urban planning as a manifestation of “the New Jim Crow,” a concept he ascribes to Michelle Alexander concerning ... «The Nonprofit Quarterly, Jul 15»
3
Insights from the Rachel Dolezal controversy - Daily Southtown
During the Jim Crow era, whites sometimes claimed to be black to avoid adverse consequences related to segregation such as the penalty for ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Can Kate Steinle Get Justice in "Jim Crow" San Francisco? | Ricochet
We remember the Jim Crow South, where sheriffs' departments routinely colluded with prosecutors, judges, and defense attorneys to slow-walk ... «Ricochet.com, Jul 15»
5
Urban Planning in the Era of New Jim Crow
In 1996, the year the War on Poverty was to be won, nearly one of every three young black men in America was under correctional supervision, ... «Next City, Jul 15»
6
Q&A: How black travel has changed since Jim Crow
His work was inspired by Victor Hugo Green, who from 1936 to 1964 published the Jim Crow-era “Negro Motorist Green Book” listing locations ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
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Meet the new Jim Crow, same as the old BS
If one were to take the book seriously, one would conclude that Alexander's husband is instrumental to “the new Jim Crow” that she decries. «Power Line, Jul 15»
8
Calvin A. Ramsey on How Black Travel Has Changed Since Jim Crow
Following are edited excerpts from a conversation with Mr. Ramsey. Q. Who was Victor Hugo Green and why was “The Negro Motorist Green ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
9
Jim Crow: Rape, Murder, and Legal Injustices
This is Part 3 of a three-part story that focuses on the experiences of African Americans during the Jim Crow era. The first part focused on racial ... «Atlanta Black Star, Jul 15»
10
Jim Crow: The History of 'Racial Cleansing'
The second part of the story will focus on the violent history of the rapes of African American women and children during Jim Crow and the long ... «Atlanta Black Star, Jul 15»

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