Bus Station Sign

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Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Title:
Bus Station Sign
Contributor to Resource:
Photograph by Wikimedia
Date of Original:
1943
Subject:
Signs and signboards--Georgia--Rome
Civil rights--Georgia--Rome
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Rome
Bus terminals--Georgia--Rome
Blacks--Segregation--Georgia--Rome
Buildings--Georgia--Rome
Rome (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Location:
United States, Georgia, Floyd County, Rome, 34.25704, -85.16467
Type:
StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg
Description:
A sign, pictured in 1943, indicates separate facilities for Black customers at a bus station in Rome. Segregation of Blacks and whites became a common occurence in the South with the rise of Jim Crow laws in the 1890s.
Metadata URL:
https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/heart-of-atlanta-motel-v-united-states-1964/colored-waiting-room-sign_001-2/
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
Rights:
No Copyright - United States