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...name "Jim Crow," meaning anything Negroid, was spawned by that awkwardly worded but catchy little song hit a hundred-odd years ago; today he stands for the segregation of white and colored races. To the Southern Negro, Jim Crow has meant, among other things, outmoded railway coaches, the rear rows of seats on trolleys and busses...
...Crow's come to town, as you all must know...
...every time he weel about he jump Jim Crow...
...separate and sufficient accommodations" for both races. But when his Pullman reservation was refused at the Arkansas line, Arthur Mitchell swallowed his temper, declined a proffered rebate, obeyed the conductor's order to continue his journey in what he described as the "filthy and foul-smelling" Jim Crow coach up ahead...
Student support for the anti-Jim Crow protest is evidenced by a total of over 600 signatures on the Council's petition for athletic equality...