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Jim Crow

Michael J. Klarman, University of Virginia School of Law

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Forthcoming: Princeton Encyclopedia of United States Political History

Abstract

This 2500 word essay describes the political, social, and economic aspects of the system of white supremacy known as Jim Crow, analyzes the cause of its gradual demise, and briefly describes its legacy.

Subject Area

Civil Rights, Public Law and Legal Theory

Recommended Citation

Michael J. Klarman, "Jim Crow" (October 2007). University of Virginia Legal Working Paper Series. University of Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Working Paper Series. Working Paper 74.
http://law.bepress.com/uvalwps/uva_publiclaw/art74

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