Jim Crow

Example Sentences

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These powerful words were read and re-read during the worst days of Jim Crow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Progressive critique has long demanded that students learn the truth: that dismantling Jim Crow required sophisticated, institutional organizing at the grassroots level.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Today, black voter registration in the South, where black voter suppression was most pronounced in the Jim Crow era, is higher than in other regions of the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

You can hear the differences in lives and backgrounds and upbringing, of men and women in the ’60s, of class and Jim Crow, it’s all in there.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

I wanted to learn who Jim Crow was, though.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals