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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.
leave the united states to escape discrimination
African American schools had inferior materials.
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.
No. In fact, the Plessy v. Ferguson decision did the opposite and increased segregation in the south.
The government was willing to use force to end strikes
By showing that the meatpacking industry DID NOT have high standards of safety and cleanliness
The leader Booker T. Washington turned the Tuskegee institute into a model school.
Only able to buy houses in certain areas
The issue that wouldn't concern most progressives would be racial segregation in the South.
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She was threatened with violence and left the south
Because all three major candidates were Progressive, Progressive votes were split.
