Bus Station

An American photographer for the farm security administration took a photograph of an African American man in 1940 standing at the black only bus station in Durham, North Carolina during the Jim Crow era. The Jim Crow enforced racial segregation, especially in the southern states. This picture provides a good visual of what segregation was like in the south. The law enforced separated but equal meaning a man or woman of color can have the same treatment as the white, but it needs to be separated. This photograph is an example of the Jim Crow law and that illustrates the separates but equal term. As you can see from the photo an African American man standing by the color waiting area for bus and is not allowed on the white side. The law stated that he would have the same as the white, but he will be separated. The waiting station is also not as big or as nice as the white part.

Riot at the Sojourner Truth Homes

The primary source is a picture taken by Arthur Siegel a photographer was known for his experimental photography, particularly in color pictures. Siegel took a picture of a sign stating that “We want white tenants in our white community.” In regarding this picture, racial segregation housing has prevented African Americans from living in a white neighborhood and that directly affected African Americans in many ways in terms of education, employment, and health. This source is very useful because it goes to show that segregation was just not in public spaces but also where people lived in. During this housing project, African Americans were denied equal access to housing because of racial segregation in the United States housing system. It was believed that African Americans moving into a white neighborhood lower the value of properties. Another reason why this source is useful is that you can also compare the living places of African Americans today to back then. The majority of African American tend to live in a dissatisfactory neighborhood or the project because of their income.

Separate but equal

This primary source is a picture of two men drinking from a segregated water fountain, segregation in a public transportation, and a theatre. This picture is a great an example of what life was like after the jim crow law was passed. The south took to a stand and accept the term separate but equal. The term meant African American and Whites can have access to the same thing but not together. This picture shows some of the disturbing things America went through during the time period of segregation. This term of separate but equal was also a way to be segregated but not violate the Fourteen Amendments. As you can see from the picture of the segregation the bus. African Americans were forced to sit in back even front seats of the bus are empty.