"Colored"
The photograph of the sign was taken at the exhibit called “Testify: Americana From Slavery to Today” at the Minneapolis Central Library. Testify was an exhibit of art and artifacts from the Diane and Alan Page Collection. The exhibit ran from January 8 to February 6, 2018.
Following the Civil War to the mid-20th century, the segregation of races in places that served the public, especially in transportation and transportation facilities, was legal and widely applied in the South and portions of the Midwest United States. This practice was made the law of the land by the Plessy vs Ferguson Supreme Court decision of 1896 that upheld a Louisiana law which required provision of "separate but equal" accommodations for black and white passenger traveling by train. In 1954, Brown vs. Board of Education overturned Plessy, finding that "separate but equal" was invalid and banned racial segregation.
"Colored"
The photograph of the sign was taken at the exhibit called “Testify: Americana From Slavery to Today” at the Minneapolis Central Library. Testify was an exhibit of art and artifacts from the Diane and Alan Page Collection. The exhibit ran from January 8 to February 6, 2018.
Following the Civil War to the mid-20th century, the segregation of races in places that served the public, especially in transportation and transportation facilities, was legal and widely applied in the South and portions of the Midwest United States. This practice was made the law of the land by the Plessy vs Ferguson Supreme Court decision of 1896 that upheld a Louisiana law which required provision of "separate but equal" accommodations for black and white passenger traveling by train. In 1954, Brown vs. Board of Education overturned Plessy, finding that "separate but equal" was invalid and banned racial segregation.