Definition of suppression. 1 : an act or instance of suppressing : the state of being suppressed.
When most people think of Jim Crow they think of laws (not the Jim Crow etiquette) which excluded blacks from public transport and facilities, juries, jobs, and neighborhoods. The passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution had granted blacks the same legal protections as whites.im Crow was the name of the racial caste system which operated primarily, but not exclusively in southern and border states, between 1877 and the mid-1960s.
click to enlarge image the name jim crow is often used to describe the segregation laws rules and customs which arose after reconstruction ended in 1877 these black codes took away many of the rights which had been granted to blacks through the 13th 14th and 15th amendments they prevented blacks from voting by requiring payment of poll taxes and requiring that voters pass a test about the constitution