Definition of jim crows:
(adj) :
Discriminatory against African Americans.
(adj) :
Segregated between African Americans and Caucasians.
(n) :
(historical) The collective policies and customs of an era of racial oppression in the U.S., especially legalized racial persecution and segregationist practices, prevalent from the late 1800s through the 1960s until challenged by the U.S. civil rights movement.
(v) :
To work toward legislation that incorporates a discriminatory caste system or racial segregation. Also jimcrowing, jimcrowed.
(n) :
A fictional character from various minstrel show performances who is stereotypically depicted as an unintelligent, violent, and promiscuous Black man.
(n) :
(obsolete, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A Black man.