Jim Crow (disambiguation)
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Jim Crow (character) was a persona created by white minstrel show performer Thomas D. Rice c. 1830. The term came to mean the American system of racial segregation embodied in the Jim Crow laws.
Jim Crow may also refer to:
Places
- Jim Crow, a painted rock in Hunters Quay, Scotland
- Jim Crow Creek (California)
- Jim Crow Creek (Washington)
- Jim Crow goldfield, a mining and agricultural district in central Victoria, Australia
- Mount Jim Crow, in Queensland, Australia, near Rockhampton
People
- James F. Crow (1916-2012), American population geneticist known as "Jim Crow" at University of Wisconsin-Madison
- James "Jim Crow" Chiles (1833–1873), American Confederate outlaw
- Jim Crow (footballer) (1885-1926), Australian rules footballer
- Jim Crowe (footballer) (born 1909), Australian rules footballer
- Jim Robinson (trombonist) (1890–1976), nicknamed Jim Crow
Arts and entertainment
- Jim Crow, a character in the Disney film Dumbo
- Jim Crow (group), an American rap group
- "Jump Jim Crow", a traditional slave song adapted and popularized by Thomas D. Rice
Other uses
- Jim crow (tool), a tool for bending rails
- Jim Crow (typeface)
- The New Jim Crow, a 2010 book by Michelle Alexander
See also
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