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The New South

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“Once segregation began, there was no logical place for it to stop. If railroad cars were segregated, why not railroad stations, even ticket windows? If jails were segregated, why not courtrooms, even the Bibles on which witnesses swore? . . . Whites touted segregation as a way to ensure social peace, to reduce conflict in public places, to make sure that blacks received at least some social services. The newer a place or institution, the more certain it was to be segregated.”
-Edward L. Ayers, historian, The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction, 2007.
The developments described in the excerpt best illustrate which of the following?
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