Although Congress passed the Civil Rights Act prohibiting racial discrimination in public accomodations and transportation, it rejected a ban on segregation in public schools which was almost universally practiced in the North as well as the South.

a. true
b. false


True

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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