On View
Segregation Gallery
Exhibition
Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
Created by
Unidentified
Date
ca.1957
Medium
plywood and paint
Dimensions
7 3/8 x 74 7/8 x 1/2 in. (18.7 x 190.2 x 1.3 cm)
Description
This bus station waiting room sign, circa 1957, is from the Birmingham AL, Greyhound Bus Station. It is a standard train or bus station sign from a southern state prior to 1964 restricting the seating of non-white passengers. The sign consists of a piece of plywood painted white with black stenciled text that reads: [ WAITING ROOM / (INTERSTATE AND WHITE INTRASTATE PASSENGERS) ]. The lower right hand corner of the sign has been splintered off.
Place used
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Type
signs
Topic
Civil rights
Race relations
Segregation
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA in honor of Dr. James Farmer
Object number
2011.130
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53463f6fe-14fa-4109-95bb-1f69ddb39588

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