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Color line   /kˈələr laɪn/   Listen
Color line

noun
1.
Barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites.  Synonyms: color bar, colour bar, colour line, Jim Crow.





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"Color line" Quotes from Famous Books



... state which separate parties, but because, generally, he is opposed to negro rule. This is a most delusive cry. Treat the negro as a citizen and a voter, as he is and must remain, and soon parties will be divided, not on the color line, but on principle. Then we shall have no complaint of ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant • James D. Richardson


Words linked to "Color line" :   ideological barrier, colour bar, colour line


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