Racial Discrimination - Assignment Example

From among the signs that were provided in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room of the Library of Congress (2013), the five chosen signs are as follows: 1: Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A drinking fountainSource: Library of Congress, 20132: Secondhand clothing stores and pawn shops on Beale Street, Memphis, TennesseeSource: Library of Congress, 20134: At the bus station in Durham, North CarolinaSource: Library of Congress, 201312: A rest stop for Greyhound bus passengers on the way from Louisville, Kentucky, to Nashville, Tennessee, with separate accommodations for colored passengersSource: Library of Congress, 201322: Theatre in Leland, MississippiSource: Library of Congress, 2013 Likewise, the third sign (4) depicted segregating people waiting at the bus station through posting of the word ‘colored’ prior to the waiting room.

Also, the same segregating category was explicitly shown through the fourth selected sign (12) where a big ‘COLORED DINING ROOM IN REAR’ was posted at a rest stop. Finally, a fifth sign (22) had big painted words that indicate that the theatre was for colored people; also evidencing racial discrimination.