How did blacks react to segregation laws regarding streetcars?
A) They attempted to form separate transportation companies.
B) They held celebrations in cities across the South.
C) They rode motorcycles rather than streetcars, seriously hurting the streetcar companies economically.
D) Streetcar segregation was the form of discrimination that blacks accepted as necessary, due to the high level of violence associated with this mode of transportation
Answer: A
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