A negro; -- said to be so called from a popular negro dance song, the refrain of which is "Wheel about and turn about and jump Jim Crow," produced in 1835 by Thomas D. Rice (1808-1860), a famous negro minstrel; -- considered disparaging and offensive.
A legally sanctioned system of racial discrimination practised in the southern United States until declared unconstitutional in 1953 and further restricted by federal legislation, by means of which negroes were segregated and discriminated against in employment and in many places of public accommodation, such as parks, commercial establishments, and public transportation.
The term "Jim Crow" comes from the name of a character in an old minstrel show. It means discrimination against blacks or segregation of blacks and whites. – More about some of South Carolina's Jim Crow laws
Racially discriminatory laws, social institutions, behavior patterns, language, cultural viewpoints, and thought patterns that required segregation of the races in all aspects of life in order to subordinate African Americans.
barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites
A network of legislation and customs that dictated the separation of the races and enforced discrimination on every level of society, especially in the South, from the late 19th century to the 1960s. Jim Crow was the name of a character in minstrel shows in which white performers in blackface used stereotypes in their songs and dances. It is not clear how the term came to describe American segregation and discrimination.
Name that was given to the day-to-day legal segregation of blacks from whites before the civil rights movement. The name itself comes from a black minstrel caricature popularized in song during the 1830s. Thus, laws restricting African Americans to the back of a bus or creating separate restrooms, drinking fountains or eating facilities were known as "Jim Crow" laws.
A jim crow is a tool for bending rails, consisting of a U-shaped or V-shaped armature with a hefty screw rod in its axis.