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Pronunciation / Transliteration: se-ɡre-ɡa-tziowe rat-tsja-le
"Il sistema Jim Crow ha segnato un periodo buio per i diritti civili."
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A former system of laws and social customs enforcing racial segregation and disenfranchisement of Black Americans, particularly in the South, from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century.
"The civil rights movement fought tirelessly to dismantle the oppressive structures of Jim Crow."
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Relating to or characteristic of the system of racial segregation and discrimination in the American South.
"Activists marched against Jim Crow laws that denied African Americans their fundamental voting rights."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term originates from 'Jump Jim Crow', a song and dance caricature of African Americans performed in blackface by white actor Thomas Dartmouth Rice in the 1830s. By the late 19th century, the name came to be applied to the system of state and local laws enforcing racial segregation and disenfranchisement in the United States.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Jim Crow" is said worldwide
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ségrégation raciale
Transliteration: se-gre-ga-syon ra-syal
"Les lois Jim Crow imposaient la ségrégation raciale dans le sud des États-Unis."
Rassentrennung
Transliteration: Ras-sen-tren-nung
"Die Jim-Crow-Gesetze legalisierten die Rassentrennung in Amerika."
segregazione razziale
Transliteration: se-ɡre-ɡa-tziowe rat-tsja-le
"Il sistema Jim Crow ha segnato un periodo buio per i diritti civili."
segregación racial
Transliteration: se-gre-ga-syon ra-sjal
"Las leyes Jim Crow establecieron la segregación racial legalizada."
segregação racial
Transliteration: se-gre-ga-são ra-si-aw
"As leis de Jim Crow institucionalizaram a segregação racial."
नस्लीय अलगाव
Transliteration: nasliya alagav
"जिम क्रो कानूनों ने अमेरिका में नस्लीय अलगाव को बढ़ावा दिया।"
吉姆·克劳法
Transliteration: Jǐm·Kēláo fǎ
"吉姆·克劳法案在美国南方强制实行种族隔离。"
짐 크로우 법
Transliteration: jim keu-ro-u beop
"짐 크로우 법은 미국의 인종 隔离 제도를 합법화했다."
ジム・クロウ法
Transliteration: jimu kurou hou
"ジム・クロウ法はアメリカ南部における人種隔離政策であった。"
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