Sign from segregated Nashville bus number 351
- On View
- Segregation Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Date
- ca. 1950
- Medium
- paint on paper on metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7 5/16 × 19 7/16 × 3/16 in. (18.6 × 49.4 × 0.5 cm)
- Caption
- In 1960, students planned, coordinated and implemented protests against segregation in public facilities by orchestrating bus boycotts, picket lines and sit-ins. The protests forced the City of Nashville to integrate later that year, but sit-ins and demonstrations continued well into the 1960s in order to ensure compliance. Residue on the surface shows that the sign remained in place, pasted over by a different one.
- Description
- A metal bus sign with a stenciled black paint in black that reads: [THIS PART OF BUS FOR / COLORED RACE].
- Place used
- Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
- Type
- signs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2008.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.