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Black women booted from Napa Valley wine train file lawsuit

A group of mostly black women filed a racial discrimination lawsuit Thursday after they were removed from a train that tours Napa Valley wineries, saying it was humiliating to be thrown off a rail car when loud and inebriated white passengers were allowed to stay.

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Black women booted from Napa Valley wine train file lawsuit
Plaintiffs Lisa Johnson, left, hugs Deborah Neal before a news conference announcing the filing a lawsuit over their ejection from a Napa Valley Wine Train, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, in San Francisco. A group of mostly black women who were ejected from a Northern California wine country train this summer say they felt humiliated and can't believe they were treated that way in 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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