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Recent Examples of Jim Crow
Support for new state laws was strongest among Black voters — 72% — who historically have been targeted with discriminatory voting policies, including Jim Crow-era laws such as literacy tests and poll taxes.
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Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Perception of federal observers Determined to maintain Jim Crow laws that enforced racial segregation, several Southern Democrats opposed the Voting Rights Act.
—Allison Mashell Mitchell, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2026
The Civil Rights Act, which had key provisions for ending segregation and Jim Crow laws and strengthening voting rights protections, helped solidify support from Black voters for the Democratic Party.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
Trimming was a bad option in response to Jim Crow.
—David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Caddo Parish has long been a center of racial injustice, known from the Reconstruction era through the Jim Crow period as Bloody Caddo for having among the highest numbers of lynchings of any county in the country.
—Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Despite the 19th Amendment, Jim Crow laws in the South prevented most Black women and men from casting ballots.
—Courtney Cole, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
That was how so many of their forebears settled here, having survived slavery and Jim Crow, working land some of the families own to this day.
—Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2026
Set in Jim Crow Mississippi, the film blends blues folklore and vampire mythology into an immersive story about racial exploitation and cultural survival.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026
Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Perception of federal observers Determined to maintain Jim Crow laws that enforced racial segregation, several Southern Democrats opposed the Voting Rights Act.
—Allison Mashell Mitchell, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2026
The Civil Rights Act, which had key provisions for ending segregation and Jim Crow laws and strengthening voting rights protections, helped solidify support from Black voters for the Democratic Party.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
Trimming was a bad option in response to Jim Crow.
—David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Caddo Parish has long been a center of racial injustice, known from the Reconstruction era through the Jim Crow period as Bloody Caddo for having among the highest numbers of lynchings of any county in the country.
—Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Despite the 19th Amendment, Jim Crow laws in the South prevented most Black women and men from casting ballots.
—Courtney Cole, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
That was how so many of their forebears settled here, having survived slavery and Jim Crow, working land some of the families own to this day.
—Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2026
Set in Jim Crow Mississippi, the film blends blues folklore and vampire mythology into an immersive story about racial exploitation and cultural survival.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Jim Crow
Noun
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This law, presented in the name of anti-discrimination, threatens to do exactly that against private religious institutions that do not comply with state mandates or rules that would conflict with a private religious institution’s beliefs and views.—
Stephen Mitchell,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Apr. 2026
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That law prohibits employment discrimination on various grounds, including gender.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Another heart highlighted the lasting impacts from the redlining of Troost Avenue a century ago, which long served as a dividing line of racial segregation in Kansas City.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
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The law was originally enacted to help undo discriminatory Jim Crow racial segregation and protect the voting rights of Black people.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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