Who was Jim Crow?
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Mr.LiAr . . . . . AwAy
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Google is your friend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_Jim_Crow "inspired by the song and dance of a crippled African in Cincinnati called Jim Cuff or Jim Crow". but apparently mostly a fictional character, defined more by the use his name was put to, than by any personal characteristics. "a stereotyped stage caricature of a black person". regards JakobA
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I know he had some law named after him. It mandated segregation of all public facilities..it said that separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional. The law was enacted in 1876 and not overturned till 1965.
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The origin of the phrase "Jim Crow" has often been attributed to "Jump Jim Crow", a song-and-dance caricature of African Americans, which first surfaced in 1832. From the Wik yo...
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