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TIL That During Segregation, It Was Illegal In the State of Alabama For a Black Person And a White Person To Play Checkers Together.

TIL That During Segregation, It Was Illegal In the State of Alabama For a Black Person And a White Person To Play Checkers Together. https://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/detail/jim-crow-laws.html Henri_le_Chat August 24, 2023 at 10:41PM

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TIL That During Segregation, It Was Illegal In the State of Alabama For a Black Person And a White Person To Play Checkers Together.

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