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.
Defining Jim Crow Laws. The term 'Jim Crow' originally referred to a black character in an old song. Around 1828, minstrel performer Thomas Rice blackened his face, dressed in old clothes, and imitated an old black man.Rice published the words to the song 'Jump Jim Crow' in the 1830s.im Crow laws were state and local laws in effect from 1876 to 1965 in the United States. Learn more about the definition and history of this term, and test your knowledge with a quiz.