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…showed last 75 words of 548 total…water fountains. In 1890 2/3 of blacks were illiterate in the USA. 60% of southern whites won to schools and only 35% of blacks did. This shows that separate was rarely equal. The separate but equal issue continued well into the 20th century. These three factors have been very important in the evolution in blacks in America. How can still see the effects today. Only 40 to 50 years ago blacks were still forced to use different restrooms and water fountains.