Black Code or Black Codes may refer to:
Law
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Code Noir
The (, ''Black code'') was a decree passed by King Louis XIV, Louis XIV of France in 1685 defining the conditions of Slavery in France, slavery in the French colonial empire and served as the code for slavery conduct in the French colonies ...
, or Black Code, slavery decree in 1685 France
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Black Codes (United States)
The Black Codes, also called the Black Laws, were racially discriminatory U.S. state laws that limited the freedom of Black Americans but not of White Americans. The first Black Codes applied to " free Negroes," i.e., black people who lived i ...
, discriminatory state and local laws passed after the Civil War in 1860s
*"Black code", another name for
Jim Crow laws
The Jim Crow laws were U.S. state, state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced Racial segregation in the United States, racial segregation, "Jim Crow (character), Ji ...
in 1960s
Other
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Black Codes (From the Underground)
''Black Codes (From the Underground)'' is a 1985 album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.
Accolades and legacy
It won two Grammy Awards in 1986: Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group and Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, S ...
'', a 1985 album by Wynton Marsalis
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Black (code)
The Black Code (more formally, Military Intelligence Code No. 11) was a secret code used by US military attachés in the early period of World War II. The nickname derived from the color of the superencipherment tables/codebook binding. The code wa ...
, a diplomatic cypher system used by the U.S. prior to its entry into the Second World War
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''Black Code'' (film), a Canadian documentary film
*Sometimes Black code is synonymous for
Black bag operation
Black bag operations or black bag jobs are covert or clandestine entries into structures to obtain information for human intelligence operations.
Some of the tactics, techniques, and procedures associated with black bag operations are lock p ...
See also
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Code Black (disambiguation)
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