Durring the 1830s, an actor by the name of Thomas Dartmouth Rice was pushed up to stardom for performing Minstrel Routines.The shows for Minstrel routines usually consisted of dancing, comic skits and acts that mocked African American people. He played as the made up character Jim Crow, the CHaracter was African American who was supposed to be uneducated and clumsy. This character was just for comedy. The show grew and grew in popularity and “Jim Crow” became a widely used derogatory term for African Americans.When the laws surfaced. People quickly adapted the name Jim Crow to the cruel laws for the slaves or African Americans.
Thats how the crow laws get their name