The Supreme Court rules a Jim Crow laws to be unconstitutional in a case that putting Arthur W. Mitchell against the U.S railroad industry. BACKGROUND On April 20, 1937, Tuskegee Institute Black U.S Congressman, Rep. Arthur W. Mitchell (D-IL), boarded a train to Hot Springs, AR and was to ride first class. While heading through Memphis, TN Representative Mitchell […]
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