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.
noun. The definition of a Jim Crow law is a law that is meant to keep white and black people separate, particularly in social settings or in social institutions.An example of a Jim Crow law is a state law prohibiting a white man from marrying a black woman.rom the song Jump Jim Crow (c. 1830) which mockingly portrayed African-Americans. The term Jim Crow became a generic term for African-Americans in the early-to mid- 19th century. 1  Link/Cite. 2  Home. 3  Dictionary Definitions. 4  jim-crow-law.