✊🏿ap african american studies review

Trolley boycotts

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

Organized resistance campaigns by African American activists against segregation and discrimination on public trolley systems during the nadir period.

AP course connection

Topic 3.5: 3.5 Disenfranchisement and Jim Crow Laws

Unit 3

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