Black Code
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Black Code or Black Codes may refer to:
- Code NoirCode NoirThe Code noir was a decree originally passed by France's King Louis XIV in 1685. The Code Noir defined the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire, restricted the activities of free Negroes, forbade the exercise of any religion other than Roman Catholicism , and ordered...
, or Black Code, in France - Black Codes (United States), discriminatory state and local laws passed after the Civil War
- Black Codes (From the Underground)Black Codes (From the Underground)Black Codes is a 1985 post-bop jazz album by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Originally released on record, it was reissued on CD in 1990...
, a 1985 album by Wynton Marsalis - Black, a diplomatic cypher systemEncryptionIn cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming information using an algorithm to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually referred to as a key. The result of the process is encrypted information...
used by the U.S. prior to its entry into the Second World War - "Black code" is another name for Jim Crow lawsJim Crow lawsThe Jim Crow laws were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities, with a supposedly "separate but equal" status for black Americans...