JIM CROW Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

Jim Crow

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as in discrimination

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Recent Examples of Jim Crow Civil rights, Jim Crow, history that galvanized southern Democrats. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026 For 95 years, the Sachs Foundation has championed Black students, enduring political and legal attacks on race-conscious initiatives since its founding amidst KKK influence and Jim Crow. — Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Between the efforts of the formerly enslaved, like Belinda and Callie, and the contemporary demands of living survivors of the Jim Crow era, financial compensation has been sought out by Black women seeking due justice for racial discrimination. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026 The island’s hierarchy reflected the emerging racial order of the Jim Crow era. — Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for Jim Crow

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But administrative burdens are a technology of annoyance, degradation, discrimination, and needless extraction.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
The office was looking for someone who has done work for the city and who may have been the victim of discrimination.

— Jack Harvel August 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

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That was the case in the United States during the legal segregation of African Americans in the South—some police officers were members of violent white supremacist organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Defense attorneys described their confinement as effectively punitive segregation even though the brothers had not committed disciplinary violations.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026

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