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Streetcar Boycott | The Early Black Press | NPT
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The 1896 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson.
The 1896 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson made segregation on public transportation legal. African American leaders in Tennessee took a stand against against one such law beginning in 1905.
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The Citizenship Project
Streetcar Boycott | The Early Black Press | NPT
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The 1896 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson made segregation on public transportation legal. African American leaders in Tennessee took a stand against against one such law beginning in 1905.
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The Citizenship Project is a local public television program presented by WNPT
NPT’s The Citizenship Project is made possible by the support of Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area and the First Tennessee Foundation.