Consolidating Support for a Law "Incapable of Enforcement": Segregation on Tennessee Streetcars, 1900-1930.

The article discusses public support for Jim Crow laws in America's southern states during the early 1900s, and it mentions racial politics and the Tennessee Supreme Court's decision to uphold the state's streetcar segregation statute in 1906. The legal case Morrison v. State, which deals with Afric...

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Published in:	Journal of Southern History Vol. 82; no. 1; pp. 97 - 127
Main Author:	BATES, JASON L.
Format:	Article
Published:	Southern Historical Association Feb2016
Subjects:	Cable cars (Streetcars) Public support Morrison, Mary Segregation in transportation Jim Crow laws Law enforcement Tennessee. Supreme Court Actions & defenses (Law) Twentieth century History Status (Law) Law State laws United States
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