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southern railroads
cars
Ida B Wells
Jim Crow cars for black men and women and smokers
1884: Ida B Wells was reading in a first class car, conductor told her to move to a Jim Crow car, she refused, saying she was in a ladies car not the smokers car, he grabbed her, she bit him. she goes to court and wins but it gets overturned by Tennessee appeals court
Booker T Washington
Atlanta Compromise
essentially gave up rights for racial peace
lynching
seen as a way to wipe out the race
became culture, religious, normalised
Moss and 2 friends
arrested for defending themselves against 9 white men when they attacked Moss’ shop
Miss and 2 friends got lynched
Well’s told their people to leave as they’ll never have peace