On the Books Training Set

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  • February 7, 2022
Creator
  • Bruckner, Lorin
    • Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. University Libraries
  • Henley, Amanda
    • ORCID: 0000-0002-5269-2630
    • Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. University Libraries
  • Jansen, Matt
    • ORCID: 0000-0002-1594-8377
    • Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. University Libraries
  • Thomas, Kimber
  • Sturkey, William
    • Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History
Contributor
  • Dick, James
    • Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Abstract
  • This file is the training set that was used to train an algorithm to identify Jim Crow laws. It contains laws that are labeled as "Jim Crow" (jim_crow=1) or "Not Jim Crow" (jim_crow=0). The source of the determination is also provided.
Methodology
  • The training set was created by using multiple sources: [1] Murray, Pauli. 1951. States’ Laws on Race and Color: And Appendices Containing International Documents, Federal Laws and Regulations, Local Ordinances and Charts. Cincinnati: Woman’s Division of Christian Service, Board of Missions and Church Extension, Methodist Church. [2] Paschal, Richard. 2020. Jim Crow in North Carolina The Legislative Program from 1865 to 1920. Durham: Carolina Academic Press. [3] A random sample of North Carolina laws enacted between 1866-1967 were assessed by scholars William Sturkey and Kimber Thomas to be either "Jim Crow" or "Not Jim Crow". [4] Team member James Dick reviewed the laws for consistency between the scholars' assessments.
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  • In Copyright
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  • Attribution 3.0 United States
Funder
  • Creation of this corpus was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as part of the first cohort for Collections as Data: Part to Whole, the Association of Research Libraries' Venture Fund Award, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries' IDEA Action Fund.
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  • Henley, Amanda
    • ORCID: 0000-0002-5269-2630
    • Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. University Libraries
  • Jansen, Matt
    • ORCID: 0000-0002-1594-8377
    • Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. University Libraries
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  • English

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