Named after a popular 19th-century minstrel song that stereotyped African Americans, "Jim Crow" came to personify the system of government-sanctioned racial oppression and segregation in the United States. Listen to these compelling first-hand accounts by people who experienced, endured, and survived Jim Crow. None of the following people is famous, but all are noteworthy in their unique abilities to face -- and, often, thrive under -- extremely difficult circumstances. These are their stories.

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Jim Crow Narrative: George Kenneth Butterfield Jr.

Jim Crow Narrative: George Kenneth Butterfield Jr.

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DATE : Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:00:00 EST
Entered in Database : 2007-12-20 13:02:02
length : 490308
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Butterfield tells the story of when his uncle died because the white doctor did not arrive after more than eight hours after the accident.

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