Black Code or Black Codes may refer to:
Law
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Code Noir, or Black Code, slavery decree in 1685 France
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Black Codes (United States)
The Black Codes, sometimes called the Black Laws, were laws which governed the conduct of African Americans (free and freed blacks). In 1832, James Kent (jurist), James Kent wrote that "in most of the United States, there is a distinction in re ...
, discriminatory state and local laws passed after the Civil War in 1860s
*"Black code", another name for
Jim Crow laws 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 1985: Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group and Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Sol ...
'', 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
See also
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Code Black (disambiguation)
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