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Jim Crow laws

Jim Crow laws is the plural of Jim Crow law.

Meaning of Jim Crow law

Noun

Jim Crow law (plural Jim Crow laws)

  1. (US, historical) Any law that racially segregated public facilities and which was enacted in Southern and border states in the United States between 1876 and 1965.

Questions about Jim Crow laws

What is Jim Crow laws the plural of?
Jim Crow laws is the plural of Jim Crow law.

Words near Jim Crow laws in the dictionary

  1. Jilț
  2. jim
  3. Jim Bob
  4. Jim Crow
  5. Jim Crow law
  6. Jim Crow laws
  7. Jim Crowed
  8. Jim Crower
  9. Jim Crowers
  10. Jim Crowing
  11. Jim Crowism

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