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  • Subject: African Americans--Segregation--Southern States
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    • "Race Separation."

    • "Race Separation."

    • 1900-08-11

    • This article cites a newspaper from Washington, D.C., which predicts that segregationist sentiment in the nation's capital will lead to "Jim Crow" street cars there: "What is true in Washington is true elsewhere, and especially in the South. The...

    • 2010-01-25
    • ''The 'Jim Crow' Car."

    • ''The 'Jim Crow' Car."

    • 1896-05-19

    • This article discusses the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Plessy versus Ferguson, which upheld a Louisiana law that required separate railroad cars for white and African American passengers; the court considered this...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Pensacola's Street Car Boycott by Negroes."

    • "Pensacola's Street Car Boycott by Negroes."

    • 1905-05-17

    • This article reports that African Americans in Pensacola, Florida, are boycotting street railroads to protest a proposed segregation ordinance. The article argues that while this response is common in cities with similar laws, the boycotts are...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Jim Crow Cars."

    • "Jim Crow Cars."

    • 1900-07-24

    • This article responds to a prediction in The Springfield Republican (a newspaper in Massachusetts) that segregated public transportation in the South would not succeed due to economic pressures: "The Republican takes the position that the...

    • 2010-01-25

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