discrimination along with the effects of centuries of unequal treatment as the top three barriers. In the South, it was the custom, enforced by state laws and local ordinances, to keep Negroes and whites separated in as many activities as possible. Schools, means of transportation, parks, restaurants, hotels and many other facilities were traditionally all-white or all-black, or had separate sections serving one or the other races. This type of segregation was the South’s way of life-claimed by most…
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