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☆☆☆☆☆He was riding in a "whites-only" train car. Front of the marker placed Feb. 12, 2009, commemorating the planned arrest of Homer Plessy June 17, 1892, for violating the Louisiana 1890 Separate Car Act. He was sitting in the whites' coach when he was asked to move and refused, which led to his arrest.
Although segregation was illegal, it was still practiced. Northern cities went by custom not by laws.
If you had a black ancestors, you were considered black, regardless of your actual color.
A common condition in rapidly growing cities were that apartment buildings were being located near polluting factories.
The government was willing to use force to end strikes
The leader Booker T. Washington turned the Tuskegee institute into a model school.
Organizing through local chapters
The political goal of farmers was lower prices for grain storage.
african americans
nighttime entertainment
Powerful
Government corruption was fought by progressives and muckrakers- apex
Unity
Gave women the right to vote.
Fair prices for shipping(Apex)
