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Sign from a segregated bus station in Birmingham, Alabama

African American Museum

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Object Details

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Unidentified

Description

This bus station waiting room sign, circa 1957, is from the Birmingham AL, Greyhound Bus Station. It is a standard train or bus station sign from a southern state prior to 1964 restricting the seating of non-white passengers. The sign consists of a piece of plywood painted white with black stenciled text that reads: [ WAITING ROOM / (INTERSTATE AND WHITE INTRASTATE PASSENGERS) ]. The lower right hand corner of the sign has been splintered off.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA in honor of Dr. James Farmer

Date

ca.1957

Object number

2011.130

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Type

signs

Medium

plywood and paint

Dimensions

7 3/8 x 74 7/8 x 1/2 in. (18.7 x 190.2 x 1.3 cm)

Place used

Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

Movement

Civil Rights Movement

Exhibition

Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American
Civil Rights
Race relations
Segregation

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53463f6fe-14fa-4109-95bb-1f69ddb39588

Record ID

nmaahc_2011.130

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