Summary Of Elizabeth Eckford's Views In The United States
1. Bus Station, Durham, North Carolina
Caption: A man stands by a “colored” waiting room at the bus station in Durham, North Carolina.
2. Segregated Waiting
Caption: People wait in a segregated bus terminal to travel from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee.
3. Bus Station, Rome, Georgia
Caption: A “colored” waiting room sign hangs over a bus station in Rome, Georgia.
4. Drinking Fountain
Caption: On the lawn of the county courthouse in Halifax, North Carolina, a young African-American boy uses a “colored” drinking fountain.
5. Separate But Equal
Caption: After the Plessy v. Ferguson decision that segregation was constitutional as long as facilities were “separate but equal,” Jim Crow laws spread throughout the South.
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3. School Integration Protest
Caption: A mob protesting the integration of Central High School by the Little Rock Nine gathers in front of the capitol. One sign reads, “Race Mixing Is Communism.”
4. Capitol March https://www.dropbox.com/s/3aif8otugnh9ewm/03094u%20%281%29.tif?dl=0
Caption: A young boy watches an angry group protesting the admission of the Little Rock Nine to Central High School.
5. Integrated Class
Caption: Segregation in public schools was not just an issue in the South. Unlike many southern schools, however, the Barnard School in Washington, DC, acted promptly to integrate its primary schools.
6. Higher Education
Caption: Segregation was also in issue in institutions of higher learning. In this photograph, Vivian Malone enters Foster Auditorium on the campus of the University of Alabama in order to register for classes. She was one of the first two African Americans to enroll in the school in
Caption: A man stands by a “colored” waiting room at the bus station in Durham, North Carolina.
2. Segregated Waiting
Caption: People wait in a segregated bus terminal to travel from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee.
3. Bus Station, Rome, Georgia
Caption: A “colored” waiting room sign hangs over a bus station in Rome, Georgia.
4. Drinking Fountain
Caption: On the lawn of the county courthouse in Halifax, North Carolina, a young African-American boy uses a “colored” drinking fountain.
5. Separate But Equal
Caption: After the Plessy v. Ferguson decision that segregation was constitutional as long as facilities were “separate but equal,” Jim Crow laws spread throughout the South.
6. …show more content…
3. School Integration Protest
Caption: A mob protesting the integration of Central High School by the Little Rock Nine gathers in front of the capitol. One sign reads, “Race Mixing Is Communism.”
4. Capitol March https://www.dropbox.com/s/3aif8otugnh9ewm/03094u%20%281%29.tif?dl=0
Caption: A young boy watches an angry group protesting the admission of the Little Rock Nine to Central High School.
5. Integrated Class
Caption: Segregation in public schools was not just an issue in the South. Unlike many southern schools, however, the Barnard School in Washington, DC, acted promptly to integrate its primary schools.
6. Higher Education
Caption: Segregation was also in issue in institutions of higher learning. In this photograph, Vivian Malone enters Foster Auditorium on the campus of the University of Alabama in order to register for classes. She was one of the first two African Americans to enroll in the school in