Lameness in Dogs. Disorder of the Gait in Dogs. Lameness is a clinical sign of a more severe disorder that results in a disturbance in the gait and the ability to move the body about, typically in response to pain, injury, or abnormal anatomy.
Jim Crow laws. Jim Crow laws, in U.S. history, statutes enacted by Southern states and municipalities, beginning in the 1880s, that legalized segregation between blacks and whites.The name is believed to be derived from a character in a popular minstrel song. Jim Crow law: meaning and definitions-Jim Crow law: Definition and Pronunciation. 2  Black Code: meaning and definitions-Black Code: Definition and Pronunciation. 3  Brown v. Board of Education - 50th anniversary of Brown v Board of Education.
The Jim Crow system of legal segregation, which relegated blacks to a status of social, political, and economic subservience, was enforced through the violence of lynching; more than 3,000 African-Americans were lynched between the 1880s and 1940s, and millions more lived in constant terror of the noose.