SIGNS OF JIM CROW. Jim Crow in Massachusetts Massachusetts outlawed slavery in 1781 but … The term "Jim Crow Law" was first used in 1841 in reference.

SIGNS OF JIM CROW

Jim Crow in Massachusetts

Massachusetts outlawed slavery in 1781 but …The term "Jim Crow Law" was first used in 1841

in reference to a Massachusetts law which required railroads to provide a separate car for

Negro passengers. - 1830 - blacks forbidden to ride in the same railroad cars - 1843 - blacks forbidden to marry whites - segregated churches had “Negro” pews - segregated schools in Boston started before 1787 and lasted until 1855

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“Things go better with Coke.”1960s slogan

At the bus station, Durham, North Carolina, 1940.

Greyhound bus terminal, Memphis, Tennessee 1943.

A bus rest stop for passengers on road from Kentucky to Tennessee, separate entrance for Blacks in back

1943.

A sign at bus station, Rome, Georgia. 1943.

Highway sign for tourist cabins for Blacks, South Carolina 1939.

Cafe, Durham, North Carolina 1939.

Drinking fountain North Carolina. 1938.

Movie theater’s "Colored" entrance, Belzoni, Mississippi 1939.

Theater for colored people, Leland, Mississippi 1937.

Restaurant, Lancaster, Ohio 1938.

Water cooler in the street car terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1939.

Sign above movie theater, Waco, Texas 1939.

Segregated bus seats, Birmingham, Alabama 1939.

South Dakota Restaurant 1950s

Downtown in Alabama 1960

Restaurant in Alaska, 1960s.