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In the segregated South of the early twentieth century, unwritten rules guided every aspect of individual behavior, from how blacks and whites stood, sat, ate, drank, walked, and talked to whether they made eye contact with one another. Jennifer Ritterhouse asks how children learned this... read more

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On a mid-September evening in 1898, Mrs. J. F. Taylor and Mrs. H. E. Mosley of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, went for a ride on their bicycles.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Jennifer Lynn Ritterhouse (Author)

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  1. civil rights
  2. jim crow
  3. social commentary 
 

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