Skip to main content

Segregated entrances for general store

Thumbnail for Segregated entrances for general store
View
@ Georgia State University

Southern Labor Archives

Description

General store selling hot dogs, cold drinks, wine and beer. Text on signs over doors: "Colored" and "White." Text on reverse: "If you are non-white and find yourself in segregated white territory at meal time, your best bet is to seek out some unpretentious establishment like the above, which caters to white on one side and Negroes on the other." Stetson Kennedy (1916-2011), writer and civil rights activist, collected these photographs during the course of his career fighting for equality throughout the Southern United States.

Record Contributed By

Georgia State University

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Discrimination
  3. General Stores
  4. Race Discrimination
  5. Segregation
  6. Signs (Notices)

Related Content

Roadside grocery with Ku Klux Klan sign Roadside grocery with Ku Klux Klan sign Segregated box office doors, Memphis, Tennessee Segregated bar with racist advertising Segregated emergency entrance sign Segregated building entrance Sign for segregated Tennessee State Park Segregated city pool sign, Gainesville, Florida White baggage room in railroad station, Jackson, Mississippi Segregated waiting rooms at train station Segregated water fountains with First Presbyterian Church down the street in the background, Athens, Alabama Segregated marquee sign at Palace Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana Segregated public bus sign We Cater to White Trade Only sign, Portland, Oregon Segregated water fountains with First Presbyterian Church down the street in the background, Athens, Alabama Segregated theatre entrance in alley, Memphis, Tennessee Segregated women's restroom Segregated dental clinic Whites only lunch counter Segregated water buckets among construction workers, Washington D.C., June 7, 1941
Download JSON