How did Jim Crow laws get their name

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Riwaz Poudyal · Answer 1 · 2019-02-22T22:56:10+0000

The name Jim Crow originated after a white man played a black man in a play or movie. After that the Jim Crow laws were local and state laws that enforced segregation in the southern United States. Jim Crow also referred to the song "Jump Jim Crow" as well.

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