The example of segregated streetcars in the southern United States in the early twentieth century is one example of
A)racial discrimination by firms, despite government efforts to halt it.
B)racial discrimination by firms with no government action either to halt it or to support it.
C)government-mandated racial discrimination.
D)a failure to find any discrimination where most would expect to find it.

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The example of segregated streetcars in the southern United States in the early twentieth century is an example of government-mandated racial discrimination. State and local laws mandated the segregation of public transportation, including streetcars, which were operated by private companies. In some cases, the government even mandated that the races use different doors or sit in different parts of the streetcar.

The Example of Segregated Streetcars in the Southern United States