See Jim Crow on Wiktionary
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"discriminatory"
],
[
"segregation",
"segregation"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌdʒɪm ˈkɹoʊ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Jump Jim Crow",
"Thomas D. Rice"
],
"word": "Jim Crow"
}
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