Question

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1. (a) According to paragraph one, who was the first African American to challenge segregated transportation in the Jim Crow South?

(b) When (year) and in which state did this African American challenge the segregated transportation law?


2. Why did this African American board the 'white-only' train compartment of the train knowing that he would be arrested?


3. How was African Americans impacted by the Plessy ruling both in the South and elsewhere in the USA?

Answer 1

1A. Homer Plessy was the first African American to challenge segregated transportation in the Jim Crow south.

1B. Louisiana, 1892.

2. He did this because he intended to test the constitutionality of Louisiana's segregation law.

3. It inspired more African Americans to stand up for their rights, and stand against racial segregation.