I have been thinking a great deal about the future of this country. I've always wanted to believe that America has the potential for greatness but every day of Trump's presidency, I question that. I've been reading quite a bit of James Baldwin and thinking also quite a bit about Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Harriet Tubman, and Frederick Douglass. I went to see the film "I'm Not Your Negro" yesterday and it made me cry seeing the images of white people who wanted segregation and oppression and realizing the hate crimes today are exactly the same and prove we haven't come very far in 50+ years since the civil rights movement.

Baldwin's characters often fall in love with white men and women and he mentions wanting to be an optimist as long as he was alive in an interview the film shows. He wanted us to question what purpose having a group to oppress serves and our own human psyche. He wanted people and our country to be different too, and there were times when it couldn't be that he ended up escaping to France instead as well.

In Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone, this question is asked, "Are all white people the same?" Though some of his characters (much like I'm sure people in real life back then and now) believed that was the case, Baldwin realized this wasn't the case. He knew that people of every race have the capacity for great flaws and hatred but also for insight and love and he wanted us to move towards that point.

This recently has been coming up increasingly more since I visited the grave of Susan B. Anthony and have been thinking of how she excluded women who weren't white in her aim for women's suffrage. Even though she knew Frederick Douglass in real life (and is buried in Mount Hope cemetery the same as him), she could not reconcile their mutual aims for progress in this country. She put white women before women of other races and this was wrong. She was not only a product of her time but we have many women now who haven't evolved in those hundred years since.

There has been an increase in hate crimes that has occurred since Trump took office and this serves the rich and powerful most as it's a diversion from so many things-the destruction of science, women, rights for people with disabilities, the environment, even animal rights with the USDA removing animal welfare reports. The top 2% have to protect their own profits and the majority, ignorant of this, are falling for it and are taking the bait, accusing refugees and anyone who isn't heterosexual, white, male, able bodied of attacking the "core values of America." Even now, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are harassing people of color illegally within our own borders with very vague guidelines and no accountability. Trump and his appointees have even made up two terrorist attacks and people in this country believe them without doing the research because we've been raised to think we're supposed to trust our government. That's extremely harmful dishonesty. This country has never been great when we are fighting each other for power, greed, hatred, and fear. This country can only live up to its potential and true democratic ideals when we can learn from each other, dance with each other, celebrate our joys, and mourn our sicknesses and losses. True happiness cannot be achieved through products and mass marketed ideas. It can only be achieved when we fully realize and embrace our brothers and sisters no matter what our differences are. We've been trying the former way for so many decades and it hasn't worked out for us...perhaps it's time to try something different.

I'm in a period of my life where I'm not experiencing white guilt. I'm experiencing something much deeper-white shame. The idea that Trump and Bannon and Milo Yiannopoulos and Sessions and DeVos could share any common genetics with me makes my stomach turn. So, when I am confronted with this burning question, "Are all white people the same?" I want to scream an astounding "NO!" But, here's the thing, it is on myself and every other white person to prove that we are not the same...because, the reality is that years of history are not backing us up on this. No one can change the color of her/his skin but you can change your choices. You can choose to support artists of all races in the books you read, the art exhibits you visit the music you listen to the films you see. You can give to those in need and be generous with your time and your love. You can open your mind to those around you and you will feel so much better. You can call, write and visit your elected officials to demand policies that protect minorities and boycott the products of companies that support hate and discrimination. You can walk with all of your brothers and sisters in the street and when you chant, "No Trump, No KKK, No fascist USA" or "The People United Will Never Be Divided" or "This is What Democracy Looks Like" you will embrace the meaning of those words fully and realize that this movement has momentum because our spirit cannot be crushed when we stand together. We need each other.

I met these two women briefly right after the Inauguration at a protest and I thought it was inspiring to see them supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement. Most people, even those who don't consider themselves ageist, would see an older white woman and think she is most likely racist. These women probably never had the opportunity like I had to go to school with children of any other race besides their own. They lived in an era where segregation was popular and minorities were never considered equal (only separate) despite the dishonest political catch phrase. And yet, their human spirit rose up and they were able to reason that this wasn't right-not for them or for the world and they are still fighting it despite their lengthy time on Earth...a lifelong resistance. I'm already tired and weary and I'm not even forty so I can't imagine having to protest when I'm in my 70s...hopefully, I won't have to.

White people are not all the same...but we must prove ourselves and the time to do so is now! Change the world...make America love, feel, dance, mourn, cherish its differences...only then will we truly thrive as a country and as human beings.

Midway Congregational Church, Midway, Liberty County GA, 1792.

Walruses have sexual segregation in that the females stay together to look after the young while the males lounge about in all male groups. For some reason they lie around in a large, close group with lots of bodily contact. Usually this is to maintain body heat but a thick layer of blubber fulfils that role so I'm not sure why Walruses do it. When testosterone starts racing through their veins they become tetchy, particularly the young males, and fights often break out. They do lots of jabbing with their tusks but they cannot do much damage through their thick hides and blubber padding. This was one such, short-lived squabble among a large group of males. You can see by their tiny tusks that they are both young males. This was taken on the island of Edgoya in Svalbard.

Taken during the segregation of the zakat to poor and disabled people. Apparently the woman is a beggar, and as seen here, her partner is helping her crossing the road.

Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer.

Negro going in colored entrance of movie house on Saturday afternoon, Belzoni, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

1939 Oct.?

1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm.

Notes:

Title and other information from caption card.

Digital file made from a modern print, not the original negative.

Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

Subjects:

African Americans--Social life.

Motion picture theaters.

Segregation.

United States--Mississippi--Mississippi Delta--Belzoni.

Format: Nitrate negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.12888

Call Number: LC-USF33- 030577-M2

Kayamandi is a suburb of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape region of South Africa located off route R304.

The name means "nice home" in the Xhosa language, from khaya meaning "home" and mnandi meaning "nice". It was founded in the early 1950s as part of the increased segregation during the apartheid regime.

It was originally built to house exclusively black migrant male labourers employed on the farms in the Stellenbosch area.

Man at work at the waste segregation unit - New Delhi, India

Taken with Pentax KM

Film : ORWO N74plus 400 ASA (Pushed 2 stops)

Jackson, MS (est. 1821, pop. 165,000)

Marker:

front

"On May 28, 1961, a Greyhound bus with nine Freedom Riders aboard arrived here, the third group of Riders into Jackson. The first two came on Trailways buses May 24. That summer 329 people were arrested in Jackson for integrating public transportation facilities. Convicted on "breach of peace" and jailed, most refused bail and were sent to the state penitentiary. Their protest worked. In September 1961, the federal government mandated that segregation in interstate transportation end."

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"Greyhound Bus Station This former Greyhound bus station was the scene of many historic arrests in 1961, when Freedom Riders challenged racial segregation in Jackson’s bus and train stations and airport. The Freedom Riders, part of a campaign created by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), pressured the federal government to enforce the law regarding illegal racially separate waiting rooms, rest rooms, and restaurants—common in public transportation facilities across the South.

"On May 4, 1961, thirteen Riders—blacks and whites, men and women—left Washington, D.C., on two buses. Trained in nonviolent direct action, they planned to desegregate bus stations throughout the South. They integrated stations in Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia with few incidents but were attacked by vicious mobs in Anniston, Birmingham, and Montgomery, Alabama. The Kennedy administration implored them to stop, a call echoed by the media and some civil rights leaders. The Riders, however, reinforced with new volunteers from the Nashville Student Movement, were determined to continue.

"On May 24, two buses of Freedom Riders left Montgomery bound for Jackson, with highway patrolmen and National Guardsmen as armed guards. Instead of a protest mob, policemen met them in Jackson, urging them to “move on” when the Riders tried to use facilities denied them. When the Riders refused, they were arrested, charged with “breach of peace,” and quickly convicted.

"Embracing the "jail-no bail" tactic, they invited new Riders from around the country to join them in Jackson. Within three weeks the city’s jails were full, and the Riders were transferred to the state penitentiary at Parchman, where most served six weeks, suffering indignities and injustices with fortitude and resolve. Between May 24 and September 13, 329 people were arrested in Jackson—half black, half white, and a quarter of them women. Most were between the ages of eighteen and thirty. They came from thirty-nine states and ten other countries; forty-three were from Mississippi.

"On September 23, the Interstate Commerce Commission mandated an end to segregation in all bus and train stations and airports. The victorious Freedom Riders left a legacy of historic changes, proving the value of nonviolent direct action, providing a template for future campaigns, and helping jump-start the movement in Mississippi."

Old Greyhound Station History

• in the mid-1930s, as America struggled through the Great Depression, Greyhound Lines adopted a Streamline Moderne design for their buses & terminals, echoing the speed lines of their Super Coaches which, like the Greyhound logo, promised a swift, state of the art ride • brought in engineer Dwight Austin (1897-1960) to create the new Super Coach design & Louisville architect William Strudwick Arrasmith (1898-1965) to reimagine Greyhound terminal design

• in 1937, Greyhound Lines contracted for a Streamline Moderne style terminal in Jackson, topped by a vertical, illuminated "Greyhound" sign • the bldg. was faced with blue Vitrolux structural glass panels and ivory Vitrolite trim • included a coffee shop with a horseshoe-shaped counter & bathing facilities for women (a bath tub) and men (a shower)

• the design is widely believed to be one of the ~60 Moderne Greyhound stations credited to Arrasmith, although photographic evidence suggests that Memphis architect William Nowland Van Powell (1904-1977) — working with George Mahan Jr. (1887-1967) — was responsible for the design, with or without Arrasmith as the consulting architect

• restoration architect Robert Parker Adams acquired the then threatened bldg. in 1988, moved in after restoration, retaining the original neon sign —Wikipedia

The Farish Street Historic District

“but out of the bitterness we wrought an ancient past here in this separate place and made our village here.” —African Village by Margaret Walker (1915-1998)

• during the Reconstruction era that followed the American Civil War, white Southerners struggled to reclaim their lives as millions of black Southerners sought new ones • with the stroke of a pen, the Emancipation Proclamation had transformed African slaves into African Americans & released them into hostile, vengeful & well-armed white communities amid the ruins of a once flourishing society

• the antebellum South had been home to over 262,000 rights-restricted "free blacks" • post-emancipation, the free black population soared to 4.1 million • given that the South had sacrificed 20% of it's white males to the war, blacks now comprised over half the total population of some southern states • uneducated & penniless, most of the new black Americans depended on the Freedman's Bureau for food & clothing

• the social & political implications of this disruptive shift in demographics fueled a violence-laced strain of American racism • in this toxic environment, de facto racial segregation was a given, ordained as Mississippi law in 1890 • with Yankees (the U.S. Army) patrolling Jackson & Maine-born Republican Adelbert Ames installed in the Governor's Mansion, the Farish Street neighborhood was safe haven for freedmen

• as homeless African American refugees poured into Jackson from all reaches of the devastated state, a black economy flickered to life in the form of a few Farish Street mom-and-pops • unwelcome at white churches, the liberated slaves built their own, together with an entire neighborhood's worth of buildings, most erected between 1890 & 1930

• by 1908 1/3 of the district was black-owned, & half of the black families were homeowners • the 1913-1914 business directory listed 11 African American attorneys, 4 doctors, 3 dentists, 2 jewelers, 2 loan companies & a bank, all in the Farish St. neighborhood • the community also had 2 hospitals & numerous retail & service stores —City Data

• by mid-20th c. Farish Street, the state's largest economically independent African American community, had become the cultural, political & business hub for central Mississippi's black citizens [photos] • on Saturdays, countryfolk would come to town on special busses to sell produce & enjoy BBQ while they listened to live street music • vendors sold catfish fried in large black kettles over open fires • hot tamales, a Mississippi staple, were also a popular street food —The Farish District, Its Architecture and Cultural Heritage

“I’ve seen pictures. You couldn’t even get up the street. It was a two-way street back then, and it was wall-to-wall folks. It was just jam-packed: people shopping, people going to clubs, people eating, people dancing.” — Geno Lee, owner of the Big Apple Inn

• as Jackson's black economy grew, Farish Street entertainment venues prospered, drawing crowds with live & juke blues music • the musicians found or first recorded in the Neighborhood include Robert Johnson, Sonny Boy Williamson II & Elmore James

• Farish Street was also home to talent scouts & record labels like H.C. Speir, & Trumpet Records, Ace Records • both Speir & Trumpet founder Lillian McMurry were white Farish St. business owners whose furniture stores also housed recording studios • both discovered & promoted local Blues musicians —The Mississippi Encyclopedia

• Richard Henry Beadle (1884-1971), a prominent Jackson photographer, had a studio at 199-1/2 N. Farish • he was the son of Samuel Alfred Beadle (1857-1932), African-American poet & attorney • born the son of a slave, he was the author of 3 published books of poetry & stories

• The Alamo Theatre was mainly a movie theater but periodically presented musical acts such as Nat King Cole, Elmore James & Otis Spann • Wednesday was talent show night • 12 year old Jackson native Dorothy Moore entered the contest, won & went on to a successful recording career, highlighted by her 1976 no. 1 R&B hit, "Misty Blue" [listen] (3:34)

• in their heyday, Farish Street venues featured African American star performers such as Bessie Smith & the Rabbit Foot Minstrels, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington & Dinah Washington —Farish Street Records

• on 28 May, 1963, John Salter, a mixed race (white/Am. Indian) professor at historically black Tougaloo College, staged a sit-in with 3 African American students at the "Whites Only" Woolworth's lunch counter in downtown Jackson • they were refused service • an estimated 300 white onlookers & reporters filled the store

• police officers arrived but did not intercede as, in the words of student Anne Moody, "all hell broke loose" while she and the other black students at the counter prayed • "A man rushed forward, threw [student] Memphis from his seat and slapped my face. Then another man who worked in the store threw me against an adjoining counter." • this act of civil disobedience is remembered as the the signature event of Jackson's protest movement —L.A. Times

"This was the most violently attacked sit-in during the 1960s and is the most publicized. A huge mob gathered, with open police support while the three of us sat there for three hours. I was attacked with fists, brass knuckles and the broken portions of glass sugar containers, and was burned with cigarettes. I'm covered with blood and we were all covered by salt, sugar, mustard, and various other things." —John Salter

• the Woolworth Sit-in was one of many non-violent protests by blacks against racial segregation in the South • in 1969 integration of Jackson's public schools began • this new era in Jackson history also marked the beginning of Farish Street's decline —The Farish Street Project

"Integration was a great thing for black people, but it was not a great thing for black business... Before integration, Farish Street was the black mecca of Mississippi.” — Geno Lee, Big Apple Inn

• for African Americans, integration offered the possibility to shop outside of the neighborhood at white owned stores • as increasing numbers of black shoppers did so, Farish Street traffic declined, businesses closed & the vacated buildings fell into disrepair

• in 1983, a Farish St. redevelopment plan was presented

• in 1995 the street was designated an endangered historic place by the National Trust for Historic Preservation

• in the 1990s, having redeveloped Memphis' Beale Street, Performa Entertainment Real Estate was selected to redevelop Farish St

• in 2008, The Farish Street Group took over the project with plans for a B.B. King's Blues Club to anchor the entertainment district

• in 2012, having spent $21 million, the redevelopment — limited to repaving of the street, stabilizating some abandoned buildings & demolishing many of the rest — was stuck in limbo —Michael Minn

• 2017 update:

"Six mayors and 20 years after the City of Jackson became involved in efforts to develop the Farish Street Historic District, in hopes of bringing it back to the bustling state of its heyday, the project sits at a standstill. Recent Mayor Tony Yarber has referred to the district as “an albatross.” In September of 2014, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sanctioned the City of Jackson, the Jackson Redevelopment Authority, and developers for misspending federal funds directed toward the development of the Farish Street Historic District. Work is at a halt and "not scheduled to resume until December 2018, when the City of Jackson repays HUD $1.5 million." —Mississippi Dept. of Archives & History

• Farish Street Neighborhood Historic District, National Register # 80002245, 1980

Just before the ball has ended, his majesty publicly expressed his distaste of social segregation and downright discrimination. Nevertheless, he was grateful of being able to join the elite. But no one knows who he really was nor where he came from. His invitation seemed to be an enchantment as his royal name was magically inscribed on the roster - The Masquerade Prince.

He sure was unknown but his presence was never forgotten that night...

~lancelonie (10/31/08)

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It’s a true story and autobiography, written about the life and adventures of a poor little mountain girl that survived some amazing things, while growing up in the mountains of Virginia, USA, between 1956 and 1965. She survived many things that normal children growing up in this same era would never experience. The fascinating recollection of events has amazed so many people, and she recorded it for her family and now the whole world. If you are not from the mountains you will learn a new language and new items to cook, like good corn bread. She talks about her own family bootlegging and the moonshining that went on, plus all the dangers in the mountains. She has a secret side to her life she does not like to talk about, and then what she did in later life to help her deal with the pain. She also goes into great detail on what it was like to live in what most people would call a rough cabin in the mountains. She describes the issues she had with her mother and what it was like to be a middle child. Later she went back for a visit to her home area and described all the changes. There were happy times, fun times, and just plain terrible times. She went through the pain of segregation in school and she hated it. She moved north to Ohio and learned the Truth from the bible, finally marrying a Yankee and she describes how this changed her life wonderfully.

Coronavirus segregation

Europe, Netherlands, Rotterdam, Centre, Luchtsingel-Roundabout (ZUS), Pedestrians (cut from T)

The Luchtsingel is an interesting project that counteracts the detrimental effects that the combination of modernist urban planning (with its rigorous segregation of work, living and commercial functions) and chronic high levels of vacancy of office buildings and anonymous space (the location of the demolished Hofplein station) have on the liveability and vitality of the northern part of the centre of Rotterdam.

It offers a circuit of elevated walkways that passes through the Schieblock, crosses a major road and a railroad to offer the pedestrian new ways to discover the city, help them to avoid the anonymous and sometime unsafe existing urban ground level. And it forms a connection between emerging cultural hotspots in the Rotterdam Central and Noord areas.

The Luchtsingel is conceived and designed by: ZUS. Funding: the municipality of Rotterdam and crowd sourcing / crowd funding. For 25 € people could and can buy planks on which the name of the buyer is printed (as can be seen in this capture).

The first part of the Luchtsingel passes thru the Schieblock and crosses the Schiekade and is shown here here and here .

Shown here is second part. It consists of a roundabout, two access stairs and a bridge that crosses the 4 tracks of the Rotterdam-Dordecht main railway line. Kids already discovered it. It's on the site of the demolished part of the Hofplein railway station. In BG on the right is the housing of the Heliport quarter, because of the roofs also known as ‘Klein Volendam’. It was the location of the terminal of the Rotterdam-Antwerp-Brussels helicopter service (1953-1965, operated by Sabena), hence its name.

The Luchtsingel is an urban renewal ‘light’ project, intervening before demolition and total redevelopment are the only options left. It's pic # 122 of my Urban Frontiers album.

12-1-55 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on this bus. An act that helped the Civil Rights Movement gain momentum towards removing segregation laws in Alabama. A small act that had huge implications and results. Thank you Rosa.

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Geographically Incorrect.

LR680

The "Zeche Nachtigall" is a former coal mine in Witten-Bommern.

The mine was also known under the name coalmine Nachtigal in the Hetberge, colliery nightingale in the Hedtberge, trade union in the Hedtberge and coal bank in the Hettberger wood.

The mine is in Witten-Bommern at the entrance of the Muttental and is a part of the mining footpath Muttental.

The was one of the biggest civil engineering colliery of the region. On the mine were diminished in the civil engineering fat coal rich in piece which had a good quality. Today is the colliery a museum.

Small colliery were stone coal pits whose staff, equipment and production far lie under their one big mines. Most of all it concerned pure tunnel companies (without segregation shafts).

Whilst non-native, fallow deer are considered naturalised and are locally abundant and increasing. They are found in England and Wales, but patchy in Scotland, inhabiting mature broadleaf woodland with under-storey, open coniferous woodland and open agricultural land. They prefer to graze grasses although they will take trees and dwarf shrub shoots in autumn and winter.

Population density and habitat influence both group size and the degree of sexual segregation. Groups of adult males and females, usually with young, remain apart for most of the year in large woodlands, only coming together to breed. Sexes freely mix in large herds throughout the year in open, agricultural environments.

Damage caused by browsing of tree shoots and agricultural crops puts fallow deer in conflict with farmers and foresters and their ability to reach very high densities can result in high local levels of damage. Conversely, many country and forest estates can gain substantial revenue from recreational stalking and/or venison production. Fallow deer are also farmed for their venison and are one of the most important ornamental park species in the UK. Regardless of context, fallow deer populations require careful management to maintain health and quality and ensure a sustainable balance with their environment.

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The "Berliner Mauer" that used to split the world in capitalism and socialism, and also representing violence and segregation, today holds the East Side Gallery. There, you find the most outstanding graffiti art by artists from all over the world.

São Paulo's old city center, a display of history, diversity, segregation, wealth, homelessness and the hope for a better city.

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Back in the 1990s west of Kansas City on the Emporia Subdivision, it was fairly easy to pick out the transcon trains running between Chicago and California from the ones operating between Chicago/Kansas City and Texas. The transcon trains almost always had the big new power while the Texas trains typically had the older, smaller power.

In August 1996 at Morris, Kansas, just west of Argentine yard, we have an autorack train from Pearland, Texas holding Main Two with a SF30C and GP7 for power while intermodal train S-CHLA crosses over from Main Two to Main One with a trio of Superfleet GEs headed for California.

Parts of the Birwood Wall, a 6 foot tall half mile long wall built to separate a new white neighborhood from an existing black neighborhood in 1940 near 8 Mile Road in Detroit. It was built in order to satisfy Federal Housing Administration Loan Requirements for segregated neighborhoods.

Olympus IS-3

Kodak Ektar 100

São Paulo's old city center, a display of history, diversity, segregation, wealth, homelessness and the hope for a better city.

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Imposing edifice

Material segregation

Impending advent

Marikina Auto Line Trans. Co. 1000, 1001 and 100

This slum was hidden by a wall from the street. It lies next to the huge compound of the Kosice US Steel factory.

I spoke to a guy working in the UK whose parents are living there. He was so adamant about their living conditions and the level of segregation. Hard to remain indifferent to this in the EU.

Gordon Parks was born into poverty and segregation in Fort Scott, Kansas, in 1912. An itinerant laborer, he worked as a brothel pianist and railcar porter, among other jobs, before buying a camera at a pawnshop, training himself, and becoming a photographer. In addition to his storied tenures photographing for the Farm Security Administration (1941–45) and Life magazine (1948–72), Parks evolved into a modern-day Renaissance man, finding success as a film director, writer and composer. The first African-American director to helm a major motion picture, he helped launch the blaxploitation genre with his film Shaft (1971). He wrote numerous memoirs, novels and books of poetry, and received many awards, including the National Medal of Arts and more than 50 honorary degrees. Parks died in 2006.

King Long XMQ6117Y

Engine: Hino J08E-UT

Seating config: 2x3 - 56 passengers

Route: Alabang - Navotas via EDSA

MMDA-Bus Segregation Scheme B - Ayala

Vienna, Austria

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"Listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, the Riviera Theater is a sublime example of the romantic Art Deco style. It opened on January 15, 1939 with Edmund Lowe in 'Secrets of a Nurse'." --http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/284

A detail of the sculpture and metalwork above the doorway can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/hunky_punk/40041065771/

Clara Katherine Jackson playing piano and girls reading magazines in the parlor of the YWCA Blue Triangle Branch's building, June 1947.

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Tule Lake Segregation Center Jail

Tule Lake National Monument

National Historic Landmark

SOOC

How big was the average cell?

Each cell in B & C block was 5 feet by 9 feet. Cells at Alcatraz had a small sink with cold running water, small sleeping cot, and a toilet. Most men could extend their arms and touch each wall within their cell. The cells in D Block (segregation) were more spacious, but still the least popular. In D-Block, inmates were confined to their cells 24-hours per days, with the exception of one visit per week to the recreation yard, and these visits were alone. There were 336 cells in B & C Block.

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Quelle était la taille moyenne d'une cellule?

Chaque cellule du bloc B & C est de de 5 pieds par 9 pieds. Les cellules à Alcatraz avait un petit évier avec eau froide courante, petit berceau du sommeil et une toilette. La plupart des hommes pouvaient étendre leurs bras et toucher chaque mur intérieur de leur cellule. Les cellules du Bloc D (ségrégation) sont plus spacieuses, mais les moins populaire. Dans le D-Block, les détenus /taient confinés à leurs cellules 24 heures par jour, à l'exception d'une visite par semaine à la cour de récréation. Il y avait 336 cellules dans le bloc B & C.

Discovering there is more to photography than red cats and spring flowers.

Here's to a good week everyone!

One more below.

Orange and white stripes stand for shock probation. That's a programme that sends first-time offenders to harsh lockup for a couple of days or even weeks, followed by strict community control. Harsh lockup is just like it sounds, but it's a single chance to avoid lengthy prison senteces.

Abandoned school for whites only during segregation.

Bikers on the left, walkers on the right and do NOT cross the lines!

Anybody?

As I've probably mentioned, I have hummingbird feeders in both my front and back yards. I have had a succession of visitors to them and often I can see different birds in front and back. Segregation? Based on what? Species?

I think that some of the visitors are just passing through. Youngsters seem very curious about everything and I have watched with horror as several have buzzed my dozing cat...and when I ran out to discourage this dangerous activity, got seriously buzzed and (checked out) myself. They are a wonderment!

U.S. Supreme Court in its Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) case infamously ruled that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment did not regulate against private enterprises segregating their services to citizens on the basis of skin color. In a train case, black patrons had separate parts of cars that they had to be in but those cars were considered "equal", not secondary customers and citizens.

TITLE: door circa 1880s

MATERIAL: wood, metal, paint

PLACE: Arkansas doctor's office

EXHIBITION: Tubman Museum, Macon, Georgia

The US 369th Infantry Regiment the “Harlem Hellfighters”, nicknamed by their German enemy, was one of the only all-black military units to serve on the frontlines during WW1. Since the segregation of the black troops from the white in the American army was still strong, it was decided the regiment would serve along side the French. The French army welcomed the troops into their country; there was very little if not no hatred shown towards them. The French had very little concerns about race, but much bigger concerns of their man power shortages they were experiencing. Upon being assigned to the French 16th division, the soldiers were re-equipped with an all French load out, however the soldiers did keep their American uniforms. They went into the trenches on 8th May 1918 to 19 August, when they were taken off the line for rest and the training of new recruits. While overseas, the troops saw the German’s aims at demoralizing them; stating the Germans had done nothing wrong to blacks, and that they should be fighting for them. This had no effect on any of the soldiers’ morale, and they headed back to the frontline to participate in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. The regiment was reassigned to be part of the French Fourth Army, acting as the spearhead in the frontal attack. Through the advance, taking heavy losses, the regiment was forced to regroup and pull back, advancing much faster then the French troops on their flanks, having gone 14km (8.7 mi) through heavy German resistance. In mid-October the regiment was transferred to a much quieter section of the front in the Vosges Mountains, where it was stationed on the 11th November, the day of the Armistice. A week later, the Regiment began their final advance, and on 26th November was the first Allied unto to reach the Western banks of the Rhine river. There were two Medals of Honour distributed to Private Henry Johnson and Private Needham Roberts, the highest USAF Award for bravery and valour in combat. At the time, the regiment was stationed on the edge of the Argonne forest, in the Champagne region. During the night of May 14th, 1918, these two friends were on observation post duty (in a shell crater) in no-man’s land, looking for enemy activity. During the night, they could hear wire cutters clipping at the barbed wire, although it was pitch black. Then, out of the shadows came a large German patrol of nearly 24 men, and suddenly they were under attack. Jackson and Roberts fired away with their rifles, until Roberts was hit. Jackson’s gun had just jammed due to the wrong ammunition, and the first Germans were closing in for the kill. He beat one down, then used his rifle as a club on a German soldier trying to take Roberts as a prisoner (depicted here). Jackson battled on with a Bolo knife and his fists, killing at least 4 Germans and wounding several others. He suffered nearly two dozen wounds, and was hailed a hero by his fellow soldiers, being nicknamed the “Black Death”. The regiment had many heroic acts, and distinguished itself as a very capable fighting force during its service period; which was a record for American units during WW1.

Racismo

Racismo. Discriminación, segregación, separación, diferencias, desprecio, rechazo*, intolerancia, fanatismo, apartheid, xenofobia, antisemitismo, eugenesia, superioridad, pureza racial, genocidio, "ghetto" o gueto, pogrom, esclavitud. Acción:segregar, separar, diferenciar, rechazar, apartar, despreciar.

Racista. Fanático, intolerante, discriminador ,xenófobo, antisemita, esclavista, genocida.

racism

Discrimination, segregation, separation, differences, contempt, rejection *, intolerance, bigotry, apartheid, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, eugenics, superiority, racial purity, genocide, "ghetto" or ghetto, pogrom, slavery. Action: segregation, separate, differentiate, refuse, remove, despise.

Racist. Fanatic, intolerant, discriminatory, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, slavery, genocide.

[esta foto es solo una parte de la serie.No se entienden igual en solitario]

[This photo is only a part of the series.It doesn´t means the same in solitary]

The US 369th Infantry Regiment the “Harlem Hellfighters”, nicknamed by their German enemy, was one of the only all-black military units to serve on the frontlines during WW1. Since the segregation of the black troops from the white in the American army was still strong, it was decided the regiment would serve along side the French. The French army welcomed the troops into their country; there was very little if not no hatred shown towards them. The French had very little concerns about race, but much bigger concerns of their man power shortages they were experiencing. Upon being assigned to the French 16th division, the soldiers were re-equipped with an all French load out, however the soldiers did keep their American uniforms. They went into the trenches on 8th May 1918 to 19 August, when they were taken off the line for rest and the training of new recruits. While overseas, the troops saw the German’s aims at demoralizing them; stating the Germans had done nothing wrong to blacks, and that they should be fighting for them. This had no effect on any of the soldiers’ morale, and they headed back to the frontline to participate in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. The regiment was reassigned to be part of the French Fourth Army, acting as the spearhead in the frontal attack. Through the advance, taking heavy losses, the regiment was forced to regroup and pull back, advancing much faster then the French troops on their flanks, having gone 14km (8.7 mi) through heavy German resistance. In mid-October the regiment was transferred to a much quieter section of the front in the Vosges Mountains, where it was stationed on the 11th November, the day of the Armistice. A week later, the Regiment began their final advance, and on 26th November was the first Allied unto to reach the Western banks of the Rhine river. There were two Medals of Honour distributed to Private Henry Johnson and Private Needham Roberts, the highest USAF Award for bravery and valour in combat. At the time, the regiment was stationed on the edge of the Argonne forest, in the Champagne region. During the night of May 14th, 1918, these two friends were on observation post duty (in a shell crater) in no-man’s land, looking for enemy activity. During the night, they could hear wire cutters clipping at the barbed wire, although it was pitch black. Then, out of the shadows came a large German patrol of nearly 24 men, and suddenly they were under attack. Jackson and Roberts fired away with their rifles, until Roberts was hit. Jackson’s gun had just jammed due to the wrong ammunition, and the first Germans were closing in for the kill. He beat one down, then used his rifle as a club on a German soldier trying to take Roberts as a prisoner (depicted here). Jackson battled on with a Bolo knife and his fists, killing at least 4 Germans and wounding several others. He suffered nearly two dozen wounds, and was hailed a hero by his fellow soldiers, being nicknamed the “Black Death”. The regiment had many heroic acts, and distinguished itself as a very capable fighting force during its service period; which was a record for American units during WW1.

Homelessness Mounting Among Kids, Families

Catherine Komp

January 29, 2007

Described as America’s "dirty little secret" by social-service providers, an estimated one million young people experience homelessness each year. Many are unaccompanied teenagers, sleeping in parks, abandoned buildings or "couch surfing" at friends’ houses. Others are younger children, often in the care of a single parent, who double-up in relatives’ homes or in crowded shelters. The even-less fortunate live in cars, tents and under freeway overpasses.

Children and families are the fastest growing segments of the homeless population, according to advocates, who say this serious social problem driven by poverty and a scarcity of affordable housing is not widely recognized by the public.

"The reason why this isn’t a priority for people is because people don’t see children on the streets. It’s not visible, it’s not shown," said Dr. Ralph Nunez, president of the New York-based Homes for the Homeless, a group providing housing, training and employment to homeless people.

Homelessness not only affects the present family unit, Nunez said, but will "have an impact on the next generation of these young children as they begin to age into this nomadic lifestyle."

Nunez joins hundreds of national and local advocates across the country trying to amplify public dialogue about child and family homelessness, while also providing much-needed services to this growing population. The problem has become so pervasive, Nunez predicts it will take decades to address.

‘Throw-Away Kids’ and ‘Runaways’

In and out of foster care, shelters and group homes since she was a toddler, Krystal Compagna was without stable housing for most of her life. Fleeing abusive parents with drug and alcohol addictions, she spent four years as a homeless teenager on the streets of Las Vegas.

During the day, Compagna went to school and to her job at the mall. At night, she stayed at friends’ houses until their parents got suspicious, and then resorted to sleeping on porches, her school’s bleachers, and even walking all night if there was nowhere else to go.

"At first I was scared, but you get used to it," Compagna, now 20, told The NewStandard. "Would you rather try to sneak back into your house and get your ass beat basically, or would you rather take your chances and hide out on the street and try to stay warm?"

According to a July 2006 report published by the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY) and local service providers, there are about 383 unaccompanied homeless people between ages 12 and 20 on any given day in the Las Vegas area.

Precise nationwide figures are harder to come by. The US Conference of Mayors, which releases an annual survey on hunger and homelessness, estimated that 2 percent of the homeless population in the 23 cities participating in 2006 were unaccompanied youth. The US Conference of Mayors represents leaders of cities with 30,000 people or more.

Researchers who study homelessness emphasize the difficulty of documenting any homeless population with precision. Limitations include the difficulty of locating people with no permanent address and different definitions of homelessness. Some federal agencies, for example, do not count people who are living temporarily in hotels or with family or friends. Many researchers say their studies, while generating valuable information for service providers and government, are likely an under-representation of the problem.

Compagna, who now works at the NPHY and rents her own apartment, was a so-called "throw-away kid" – a term used by service providers and the federal government to describe young people abandoned or pushed out of the home by their parents. The federal government does not produce an independent count of such people, but rather combines that population with runaways. According to the most recent federal statistics, in 1999 there were an estimated 1.68 million in the overall category.

Groups that work with this population say some end up on the streets to escape physical, emotional or sexual abuse. Others might be asked to leave home by an impoverished family to reduce the strain on younger children.

Another contributing factor to child homelessness is homophobia in the family. According to data gathered by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute, a sizable portion of homeless young people identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). Homeless LGBT youth often face additional hardship – discrimination in the shelter system, in group homes and in foster care, according to the report.

Once on the street, young people of all sexual orientations face challenges beyond finding enough to eat and a place to sleep. NPHY’s director of community relations, Larry Lovelett, said they contend with police, thieves and sexual predators.

Lovelett, who has done extensive street outreach and mentoring of homeless young people, said some turn to "survival sex" to pay for food or a room for the night. Lovelett said his organization is hearing more stories from homeless youth who say they have been targeted by people working in illegal pornography.

"Cut and dry, they’re just being exploited," said Lovelett. "It’s something that we need to address and really go after it aggressively."

Homeless Families

Last year, Richmond, Virginia resident Crystal Bowman decided to move with two of her children into a shelter rather than continue staying in a house without heat. She said her landlord only provided a wood stove and a kerosene heater, which was insufficient to heat the entire house. When the "ice cold" house became unbearable, and she and her son got sick, Bowman went to a Salvation Army facility where they slept in a large room with about 45 others.

"It was a big adjustment, and it was hard, too," said Bowman, a single mother of eight who had struggled with drug addiction for two decades before committing to sobriety in 2004.

"[I had] low esteem; I was sad," Bowman said of her time in the shelter, adding that it was difficult for both her and her children to adjust to the new environment, rules and isolation from family and friends.

The family spent seven months in two different shelters before Bowman won a coveted spot in a transitional-housing program. She currently works at H&R Block and will find out in March if she will regain custody of two of her other children, and she thanks the shelter workers for helping her get this far.

Researchers studying homeless families across the country find that Bowman’s experiences are common. In 1999, the Institute for Children and Poverty, which is affiliated with Homes for the Homeless, surveyed 2,000 homeless families in cities across the country, from Los Angeles to Baltimore. The report found that single mothers headed the overwhelming majority of the homeless families, most raising two or more children. More than three-quarters were children of color, and more than half were in grades one through six.

The detailed survey looked at numerous layers of homelessness including conditions in shelters, the physical and emotional health of homeless children, and the impact of homelessness on education. Life on the streets and in shelters played a large role in contributing to children’s illnesses, according to the report, which found that homeless children suffered more asthma and gastrointestinal disorders and were more likely to be hospitalized.

Homeless children are also prone to developmental delays, interruptions in their schooling and low test scores, and often have to repeat grades, the researchers found.

Barbara Duffield, policy director for the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, said the ongoing psychological trauma associated with being homeless often has a heavy impact on children.

"Most of them are living in extreme poverty," said Duffield, "But that poverty is exacerbated by a lot of loss – loss of housing, loss of neighborhood, loss of friends, family, possessions."

The US Department of Education definition of homeless families includes those that are doubling up temporarily or living in motels.

Mary Herrington, who works with hundreds of homeless families in the Richmond-area public school system, said many parents do not realize that their children are entitled to certain benefits under the 1986 federal McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act. That law requires schools to provide homeless children with free transportation to school and with free lunch. It also gives them the right to stay in the same school regardless of where the family is staying, requires states to eliminate barriers to school enrollment, and prohibits the segregation of homeless children in most districts.

Despite the Education Department’s broad definition of homelessness, Herrington told TNS that there are "hundreds of kids out there that we just aren’t able to track."

"Most of the time, the parents themselves – unless they are aware of what we’re defining as homelessness – don’t even define themselves as homeless," said Herrington. "They’ll go, ‘We’re not homeless, we’re living with my cousin. We’re living with my nephew or my son.’"

Families often hide "doubling up" in public housing because government restrictions prohibit more than one family per unit in most cases. If housing authorities find out, said Herrington, both families could end up homeless.

Herrington said the more than 1,000 homeless families she and her co-workers have documented in the Richmond-area is only "the tip of the iceberg."

According to a 23-city survey released in December by the US Conference of Mayors, requests for shelter by homeless families increased 5 percent in 2006. But even the temporary refuge of shelters is unavailable to many; the survey found more than one-quarter of families’ requests for emergency shelter were unmet in 2006.

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'Somewhere in England'

The subtlety doesn't really scan on electronic devices. That's my excuse anyway and I'm sticking to it...

Girard College, Philadelphia is a college prep boarding school. Girard College was established through the will of wealthy Stephen Girard for fatherless white boys. This segregation only ended in 1968 through legal action. Girls were not admitted until 1984.

Accepting defeat, RICON moves it's 650,000 troops to the country of Kyrgyzstan, and drafting 750,000 willing soldiers. Leaving Iceland, RICON Killed thousands of civilians, leaving half the country dead. Scotland and Greenland have also been evacuated, but new hope has sprung. Kyrgyzstan scientists are developing specialized battle tanks to assist the soldiers into battle. Hope remains...

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LMG stuff.

I did a 1920's themed shoot at the weekend. I have been planning this since xmas. It took that amount of time to get the clothes, props, suitable models and venue together and then organise a time that suited everyone.

I then edited the photo to age it by sepia toning it and then adding textures, noise stains and imperfections and fading it to make it look as old as possible. The idea here was to see if I could make it as authentic as possible.

The image is meant to take the viewer to a train station waiting room where you encounter a situation where a beautiful wealthy white woman finds herself on the same bench as a black man as a photographer takes the shot, with the position of the case representing the barrier between the races.

Lit with a large softbox to my left angled towards the subjects and a reflected umbrella to my right.

The image I hope gets the viewer to think about the situation and the potential story behind the picture.