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[https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/streetcar-segregation-act/ by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | [https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/streetcar-segregation-act/ by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | ||
The Streetcar Segregation Act, adopted by the Arkansas legislature in 1903, had assigned African-American and white passengers to “separate but equal” sections of streetcars. | The Streetcar Segregation Act, adopted by the Arkansas legislature in 1903, had assigned African-American and white passengers to “separate but equal” sections of streetcars. | ||
=====Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital===== | |||
[https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/chocolate-city/ by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | |||
Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation’s capital. Emblematic of the ongoing tensions between the U.S.’s expansive democratic promises and its enduring racial realities, Washington often has served as a national battleground for contentious issues, including slavery, segregation, civil rights, the drug war, and gentrification. | |||
