Racial SegregationRacial Segregation

    

    

    

    

““Hotel Clark” was a hotel for colored people only. This Hotel Clark” was a hotel for colored people only. This picture shows that even though segregation greatly affected picture shows that even though segregation greatly affected many people, they still made the best of what they had. They many people, they still made the best of what they had. They offered the best service that they could give to the colored offered the best service that they could give to the colored people.people.

Hotels

Colored people were not only put down, but were also Colored people were not only put down, but were also separated. They were separated to the extent of separated. They were separated to the extent of

having to drink from different water fountains than having to drink from different water fountains than white people.white people.

Water Fountains

Bus

Not only were colored people segregated through drinking

fountains, but also on the buses. They were sent to the back and were forced to sit

more to a seat than any other person on the bus.

Sometimes, they would have to give up their seat for a

white person.

Colored people were so irritated and Colored people were so irritated and aggravated that people, in general, were aggravated that people, in general, were segregating them like this. This photo segregating them like this. This photo shows what many colored people did to shows what many colored people did to show their annoyance, picketing. These show their annoyance, picketing. These signs read “HOW MUCH LONGER”, signs read “HOW MUCH LONGER”, “WE WILL NOT BUY WHERE WE ARE “WE WILL NOT BUY WHERE WE ARE SEGREGATED” and, “THE BUSINESS SEGREGATED” and, “THE BUSINESS PRACTICES JIM CROW”.PRACTICES JIM CROW”.

PicketingPicketing

Segregation not only affected adults, but children as well. In this photo, you can see how aggravated these parents are that school would treat children just as they treat adults. These parents are protesting against it; there is even a small girl that is helping in the protesting against segregation.

RestroomRestroomss

This restroom sign is an This restroom sign is an example of how people example of how people were segregated. Not only were segregated. Not only are the men and women are the men and women separated, but so are the separated, but so are the blacks and whites. This blacks and whites. This picture represents picture represents segregation.segregation.

School Dilemmas

““I Am A Man”I Am A Man”

These men are trying to persuade the public that even though they are colored, they are still men. Just because they are colored does not mean that people are given a right to be treat them anymore differently than anyone else. The color of

their skin does not stereotype them as being of a poor working class.

Walking Walking to Schoolto School

Racial segregation caused many changes in the Racial segregation caused many changes in the society. While some people found what was society. While some people found what was

wrong, others just went along with what wrong, others just went along with what everyone else was doing. In this photo, there are everyone else was doing. In this photo, there are couple of black males walking through a tunnel couple of black males walking through a tunnel of other students, as if the other students are of other students, as if the other students are singling them out from the rest of the school singling them out from the rest of the school

population.population.

This photo shows a classroom filled with colored This photo shows a classroom filled with colored children. They have been sent to this school children. They have been sent to this school because people are segregating them and do because people are segregating them and do not want to intermix them with everyone else.not want to intermix them with everyone else.

Classrooms

ChurchChurchSome people tried to Some people tried to express their annoyance express their annoyance about their current about their current situation of being situation of being segregated. Others of segregated. Others of this time tried this time tried something different, something different, they tried to make the they tried to make the best of what they had. best of what they had. The people in the photo The people in the photo are both colored and are both colored and white, together, white, together, showing that to them showing that to them segregation was segregation was something that they something that they must overcome; it did must overcome; it did not conflict with their not conflict with their lives as other people lives as other people made it conflict.made it conflict.

ClincherClincher

Segregation greatly affected the society. Segregation greatly affected the society. It showed people that it was all right to It showed people that it was all right to judge a person by their skin color. In judge a person by their skin color. In reality, this is very unfair and unjust. reality, this is very unfair and unjust. Just because someone is a different skin Just because someone is a different skin color does not give anyone the right to color does not give anyone the right to stereotype them all as being a poor stereotype them all as being a poor social working class. Just because they social working class. Just because they are a different skin color does not make are a different skin color does not make them uneducated nor does that give them uneducated nor does that give anyone a reason so single them out and anyone a reason so single them out and treat their race as some sort of disease. treat their race as some sort of disease. Instead, people should learn from this Instead, people should learn from this mistake that has happened throughout mistake that has happened throughout history and people must finally realize history and people must finally realize that you cannot judge a book by its that you cannot judge a book by its cover.cover.