Lizziey quote of the day:

[conuly]

"What's Jim Crow mean? I don't get it. Who's Jim Crow?"

In other news, I tried to slap her hand today when she yelled. That's what she does to Seth (sometimes), and I had figured that what's good for the gozling is good for the goose. Apparently I was wrong. Damn inconsistent rules!

I know perfectly well who Jim Crow was (or would've been). In fact, I even know that the song "Jim Crow" has the same melody as "Turkey in the Straw". Lizziey was the ignorant one. But thanks for helping anyway.

Comments

[priyatelka.livejournal.com]

I don't who Jim Crow was or if there was a Jim Crow, but "Jim Crow laws" refer to segregationist laws and Southern mistreatment of blacks before the Civil Rights movement. (Crow = black, I'm pretty sure it was a generic term to refer to a black man).

These websites have more information:

http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/remembering/
http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/home.htm