Jim Crow South

The period and system of state and local laws and practices enforcing racial segregation and disenfranchisement of Black Americans in the Southern United States from the post-Reconstruction era through the mid-20th century. The term is often invoked to describe pervasive racial segregation and violence against Black people, including the disregard of such violence by white authorities.

Claims that use this term

• Metropolitan Detroit’s racial segregation made nearby towns feel like the Jim Crow South
• Arabs were racialized through violence in the Jim Crow South
• White authorities ignored violence against Black men in the Jim Crow South