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street car experiment

It looks like early in 1865 a Philadelphia company tried to voluntarily desegregate its street cars. Not enough white folks were buying it – or tickets. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch February 17, 1865: The negroes not to ride in … Continue reading

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sidewalks are for white folks

And blacks can’t congregate about their churches, even on Sundays This piece made me think of the white settlers in Humboldt County, California back in April 1861. U.S. troops were fighting and killing the troublesome Indians. An editorial said the … Continue reading

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