Jim Crow

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When the Republican candidate, Rutherford B. Hayes, assumed the presidency, Reconstruction ended and the era of Jim Crow soon began.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

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

America outlawed slavery and Jim Crow, expanded the voting franchise, and banned forced sterilization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

You can hear the differences in lives and backgrounds and upbringing, of men and women in the ’60s, of class and Jim Crow, it’s all in there.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

Like the earlier system, Jim Crow seemed “natural,” and it became difficult to remember that alternative paths were not only available at one time, but nearly embraced.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander