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Jim Crow laws  

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  • The term Jim Crow became the face of the racial segregation in the United States that followed slavery. It is a term that includes both the laws authorizing segregation and the accompanying social customs and norms that arose as a result. [Source: Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia; Jim Crow Laws]

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