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Jim Crow

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Recent Examples of Jim Crow Born in 1868, just five years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Du Bois lived through Reconstruction, Jim Crow, two World Wars, and the dawn of the modern Civil Rights Movement. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 Because of the lingering effects of Jim Crow laws and racial discrimination, however, many Black women were still denied the franchise. — Christopher A. Cooper, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026 In a post-Jim Crow environment, their agents and managers were still resistant to Medley and Love being in an interracial relationship and fought to keep their love under wraps. — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2026 Both her parents were part of large families in the Jim Crow South and grew up picking fruit. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for Jim Crow

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Supreme Court justices will now consider whether a group claiming to be targeted by a race-neutral policy must show it was disproportionately harmed to prove intentional discrimination.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
The psychological effects of past Ebola outbreaks can persist long after the immediate crisis, according to WHO, often taking the form of anxiety and mood disorders, exacerbated by prolonged grief and discrimination.

— Constant Same Bagalwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

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Jim Crow segregation, discrimination and systemic racism further depressed the Black population's ability to build wealth that is still largely concentrated among white families.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
American educational history is overflowing with abuse, segregation, substandard structures, and smoldering scorn.

— Kamau Bobb October 21, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026

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