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During the Jim Crow era, was there punishment for white people going into places designated "Colored Only"?

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Why is it that our education system and our society teaches, at least by omission, that African-Americans are the only people ever to have been sold into slavery?

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If the Civil War was truly about slavery, as so many of my fellow citizens of the north love to believe, then why were there slave owners in the north?

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When did it start being uncommon in the U.S. to wear a suit outside of extremely formal events such as weddings, funerals, etc?

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During the Jim Crow era, was there punishment for white people going into places designated "Colored Only"?	3183
Why is it that our education system and our society teaches, at least by omission, that African-Americans are the only people ever to have been sold into slavery?	6
If the Civil War was truly about slavery, as so many of my fellow citizens of the north love to believe, then why were there slave owners in the north?	0
When did it start being uncommon in the U.S. to wear a suit outside of extremely formal events such as weddings, funerals, etc?	0