Black Austin residents boycott light rail

in 1906 the Austin city council passed an ordinance to segregate Austin's streetcars. Check out this short video about the boycott: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/ahc/blackinthepast.htm
As Capital Metro tries to raise fares on the people of color who make up the majority of bus riders to pay for the Leander train whose riders will be 99% white, how far have we come in 103 years?

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