"We Don't Serve Negroes"
Item
Title
"We Don't Serve Negroes"
Description
Jim Crow laws marginalized African Americans by denying them access to private businesses and public facilities, creating "separate but equal" conditions. For example, many black Americans were forced to eat in the back of some establishments or not allowed in at all.
Subject
One Mansfield eatery proclaims with a sign, "We Don't Serve Negroes."
Source
Courtesy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Arlington, Texas
Date
1956-08-02