Freebase (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Origami Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century AD at the latest and was popularized outside of Japan in the mid-1900s. It has since then evolved into a modern art form.
Jim Crow Laws. Jim Crow Laws were statutes and ordinances established between 1874 and 1975 to separate the white and black races in the American South. In theory, it was to create separate but equal treatment, but in practice Jim Crow Laws condemned black citizens to inferior treatment and facilities.im Crow Laws. Jim Crow Laws were statutes and ordinances established between 1874 and 1975 to separate the white and black races in the American South. In theory, it was to create separate but equal treatment, but in practice Jim Crow Laws condemned black citizens to inferior treatment and facilities.
The term Jim Crow was widely used as a euphemism for black persons, from the color of the bird. The 1832 faux-minstrel song Jump Jim Crow (a white portrayal of a slave stere â¦ otype) was used to attack Andrew Jackson's populist policies.ump Jim Crow is a song and dance from 1828 that was done in blackface by white comedian Thomas Dartmouth (T.D.) Daddy Rice. The number was supposedly inspired by the song a â¦ nd dance of a crippled African slave called Jim Cuff or Jim Crow variously claimed to have resided in St. Louis, Cincinnati or Pittsburgh.