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Jim Crow laws

state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States
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Jim Crow laws
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Jim Crow laws

Summary

Jim Crow laws ranks in the top 0.026% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,307 views/month, #20 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Jim Crow laws is in the country of United States[2].
  • Jim Crow is named after Jim Crow laws[3].
  • Jim Crow laws is a type of law[4].
  • Jim Crow laws is part of Jim Crow Era[5].
  • Jim Crow laws's Commons category is recorded as Jim Crow laws[6].
  • Jim Crow laws comprises one-drop rule[7].
  • Jim Crow laws comprises literacy test[8].
  • Jim Crow laws comprises grandfather clause[9].
  • Jim Crow laws comprises sundown town[10].
  • Jim Crow laws comprises lynching in the United States[11].
  • Jim Crow laws began on 1870[12].
  • Jim Crow laws ended on 1965[13].
  • Jim Crow laws's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United States[14].
  • Jim Crow laws's facet of is recorded as racial segregation in the United States[15].
  • Jim Crow laws's has goal is recorded as racial segregation[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Jim Crow laws is a type of law[4].

Origins

Jim Crow is named after Jim Crow laws[3].

Use and Application

Components include one-drop rule[7], a rule[17]; literacy test[8], a type of test[18]; grandfather clause[9]; sundown town[10]; and lynching in the United States[11], in United States[19]. Jim Crow laws is part of Jim Crow Era[5].

Why It Matters

Jim Crow laws ranks in the top 0.026% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,307 views/month, #20 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

law United States

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  14. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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