# Jim Crow — Darkwater character guide

> Jim Crow in Darkwater by W. E. B. Du Bois.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jim - Crow, Jim

**First appearance:** 0006-ii-the-souls-of-white-folk

## Who they are

Personification of segregation laws, appearing as a symbolic character.

## In the story

### [II: The Souls of White Folk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darkwater_se/chapters/ii-the-souls-of-white-folk)

Referenced indirectly through the caste system and segregation practices that Du Bois condemns.

### [Of Work and Wealth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darkwater_se/chapters/iv-of-work-and-wealth)

Referenced as a symbol of systemic racial discrimination in transportation and military draft.

### [The Second Coming](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darkwater_se/chapters/the-second-coming)

Referenced as the 'Jim-Crow' car, symbolizing segregation.

### [Jesus Christ in Texas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darkwater_se/chapters/jesus-christ-in-texas)

A black convict described as sullen with a low forehead and bitter eyes, who is exploited for labor and ultimately lynched.

### [The Prayers of God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darkwater_se/chapters/the-prayers-of-god)

Referenced indirectly through the lynching of a 'Nigger' and the systemic racial violence.

## Links

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