USA: Ernie Davis Era

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Birmingham Segregation Laws 1963

• Section 359 – Any public facility must have separate Negro seating and separate Negro entrance and exit points.

• Section 369 - Whites and Negroes cannot eat in the same restaurant, unless separated by a wall at least 7ft (2.1m) high, and separate entrances provided for each compartment.

• Section 597 – Whites and Negroes may not play checkers, cards, dice or dominoes together, and the owner of a public establishment who allows this will be punished.

• Section 1002 – Buses must have clearly defined seating areas for whites and negroes to prevent intermingling, and taxi’s must be separate as either white or negro taxi’s.

Handout Exercise• Read the handout• Write down at least two pieces of information that show the

unequal status of African American’s in the 1950s for each of the following…– Population trends– Employment trends– Income trends– Education trends– Political trends