History of Jim Crow laws

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The origin of the name Jim Crow is disputed by some, but it seems most likely to come from the title character in a minstrel song (possibly written in 1832) and popular from the mid-nineteenth century tothe turn of the twentieth century.

The origin of the name Jim Crow is disputed by some, but it seems most likely to come from the title character in a minstrel? song (possibly written in 1832) and popular from the mid-nineteenth century to the turn of the twentieth century.