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(CIVIL RIGHTS—SEGREGATION.) Dallas Railway & Terminal Company.
NOTICE: Chapter XV, Article 1523 of the Criminal Statutes of the State of
Texas, Section 5. “If any passenger upon any train or street car provided with a
separate coach or compartment shall ride in any coach or compartment not
designated for his race, after having been forbidden do so by the conductor in
charge of the train or car, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $25.00.”
Printed sign, 7
1
⁄
4
x
22 inches; some staining, a couple of creases.
Dallas, TX, 1945-1956
[1,500/2,500]
The Dallas Railway & Terminal Company streetcars were among the most modern and
streamlined of the day. Twenty-five double-ended cars were built for the city of Dallas in 1945
by the Pullman Company. They looked more like railroad carriages than the old-fashioned
streetcars; and, like all public conveyances in the South, they were of course segregated. But,
being double ended, the ironical outcome was that the section for blacks in the back going one
way, would automatically became the section for whites on the return trip. This sign would have
hung in one of the stations.
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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE.
NOTICE.
Discrimination because of race, color, sex, religion or national origin is not per-
mitted in any aspect of the operation of this Federal Outdoor Recreation
Facility.
Enameled metal sign, 11 x 14 inches, printed in black on a yellow background;
holes in the corners for mounting.
[Washington, D.C., 1964]
[1,000/1,500]
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF
1964
ENACTED JULY
2, 1964,
IS A LANDMARK PIECE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION
that ended, among other things, racial segregation in facilities that
served the general public (known as “public accommodations”).
