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Jim Crow is not a real person
Bob Franken
Bob Franken is an Emmy-winning journalist. - photo by File photo
Jim Crow is not a real person. He’s a fictional character invented by a white guy for demeaning performances in minstrel shows. But for generations of Black Americans, Jim Crow is very real and ever present in their lives.
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