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
If you had a black ancestors, you were considered black, regardless of your actual color.
Du Vois believed that African Americans should not accept segregation.
both ida b. wells and marcus garvey supported the position that
Ida B Wells was threatened by Southerners when she defended victims of lynchings.
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