black codes — A body of laws, statutes, and rules enacted by southern states immediately after the Civil War to regain control over the freed slaves, maintain white supremacy, and ensure the continued supply of cheap labor. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia… … Law dictionary
Black codes — Die Black Codes waren lokale und bundesstaatliche Gesetze in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, die die Menschenrechte von schwarzen Amerikanern, vor allem ehemaligen Sklaven, einschränkten. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Geschichte 1.1 Frühe Black Codes … Deutsch Wikipedia
black codes — Laws, enacted in the former Confederate states after the American Civil War, that restricted the freedom of former slaves and were designed to assure white supremacy. They originated in the slave codes, which defined slaves as property. In some… … Universalium
Black Codes (United States) — The Black Codes were laws passed on the state and local level mainly in the rural Southern states in the United States to limit the civil rights and civil liberties of African Americans. While some northern states also passed legislation… … Wikipedia
Black Codes (États-Unis) — Les Black Codes sont un ensemble de lois américaines, votés par les États ou au niveau local, qui ont pour objet de limiter les droits fondamentaux et les droits civiques des Noirs. Bien qu à l origine, la constitution des États Unis discriminait … Wikipédia en Français
Black Codes (From the Underground) — Infobox Album | Name = Black Codes (From the Underground) Type = Album Artist = Wynton Marsalis Released = 1985 Recorded = January 7, 1985 January 11, 1985, and January 14, 1985 Genre = Post bop Neo bop Length = 50:41 Label = Columbia Records… … Wikipedia
Black Code — may refer to:*Code Noir, or Black Code, in France *Black Codes in the USA … Wikipedia
Black Code — U.S. Hist. (in the ex Confederate states) any code of law that defined and esp. limited the rights of former slaves after the Civil War. Cf. Jim Crow Law. * * * ▪ United States history in U.S. history, any of numerous laws enacted in the… … Universalium
black — blackish, adj. blackishly, adv. blackishness, n. /blak/, adj., blacker, blackest, n., v., adv. adj. 1. lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it. 2. characterized by absence of light; enveloped in … Universalium
Black — /blak/, n. 1. Hugo Lafayette, 1886 1971, U.S. political official: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1937 71. 2. Joseph, 1728 99, Scottish physician and chemist. 3. Shirley Temple. See Temple, Shirley. * * * (as used in expressions)… … Universalium
Black Box Voting — signifies voting on voting machines which do not disclose how they operate such as with closed source or proprietary operations. The term, as described by Dr. Arnold Urken of Stephens Institute of Technology, comes from the technical jargon use… … Wikipedia
