Blurring the Color Line | Jim Crow Laws
Clip: Season 11 Episode 4 | 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Why were Augusta's Chinese afforded certain privileges that Black residents did not have?
In Augusta, Georgia's history, Chinese residents were allowed to enter stores through the front door like white customers. But Black residents had to go to the back door marked for "colored" people. As fellow minorities in the Southern city, why were the Chinese afforded certain privileges?
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Blurring the Color Line | Jim Crow Laws
Clip: Season 11 Episode 4 | 16sVideo has Closed Captions
In Augusta, Georgia's history, Chinese residents were allowed to enter stores through the front door like white customers. But Black residents had to go to the back door marked for "colored" people. As fellow minorities in the Southern city, why were the Chinese afforded certain privileges?
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