Mansfield Community Cemetery
Item
Title
Mansfield Community Cemetery
Description
There was a time that even the cemetery in Mansfield, Texas was divided by race. The fence and sign dividing the “Whites Only” cemetery from “The Old Negro Graveyard” still remains. At some point “Negro” was erased and replaced with “Colored,” a sign of changing times. This, one of the last physical signs of Jim Crow in Mansfield, still stands in the Mansfield Cemetery.
Subject
The photo illustrates the physical legacy of segregation in Mansfield, Texas.
Source
Megan Middleton
Date
2015-03-04