Jim Crow

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Progressive critique has long demanded that students learn the truth: that dismantling Jim Crow required sophisticated, institutional organizing at the grassroots level.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Presidents from Harry Truman to Lyndon Johnson were forced to see that Jim Crow was not just a moral catastrophe but a geopolitical liability.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

The Voting Rights Act was a landmark of American liberty that helped to break Jim Crow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

“The film speaks to the Black experience in America within these borders of 1930s Jim Crow South,” Coogler mused.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

Although the parallels listed above should be enough to give anyone pause, there are a number of other, less obvious, similarities between mass incarceration and Jim Crow that have not been explored in earlier chapters.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander