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Into History.

com. It's February 8, 1925 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Amy Jake's Garvey sits on a train as it rolls into the city station,

her eyes glued on the compartment's doors.

As soon as they open, she darts onto the platform and into the station, eager to find her husband and say one last goodbye.

A few days ago, Marcus was arrested for mail fraud in New York and sent to Atlanta to serve his prison sentence.

Determined to see her husband off, Amy made the journey south at the same time, arriving just after him.

As Amy runs through the station's waiting room, she spots a group of federal marshals, pushing

her handcuffed husband into a government vehicle outside.

Before she can lose them, Amy leaps into the backseat of a cab

idling outside the station.

As she closes the door, Amy tells the driver to follow the government vehicle, but the cab doesn't move.

Amy looks up perturbed as the ignition turns off.

With a stony expression, the driver eyes Amy for telling her that down here, white men don't drive colored people.

Without pausing Amy opens the cab door and scuttles over to another cab this time

with a black driver.

Frantically, she points to the disappearing government car and instruct him to follow it.

The driver slams down the pedal,

and as they draw close,

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