Why did a group of blacks in Nashville, Tennessee, form a black-owned bus company in 1905?

A) The governor asked local blacks in the state to form their own bus line.
B) Local white-owned bus companies had gone out of business in the city.
C) The safety record of other bus companies was very poor.
D) Local blacks wanted to establish a transportation alternative to counter the discrimination posed by segregated buses.


Answer: D

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