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Object Title
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"Public Swimming Pool, White Only" Sign
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Object ID
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AR_0012_03_0005
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Created By
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Unknown
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Date
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1931
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Date Span
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1900 -1999
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Medium
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Iron | Paint | Casting
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Dimensions
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L:36cm x W:14cm
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Description
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The iron "Whites Only" swimming pool sign from Selma, Alabama, dating back to 1931, starkly illustrates the era's racial segregation and discrimination. This historical artifact symbolizes the oppressive Jim Crow laws that enforced racial barriers in public spaces.
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Subject Of
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Racism , Social movements, Race relations, segregation, Divisions, Exclusion, Apartheid, Barriers, Discrimination, Oppression, Inequality, Separation, Injustice, Jim Crow, Exclusivity, Division
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Placed Used
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Southern United States
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Collection Title
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James N. Eaton, Sr. Collection
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Collection ID
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AR_0012
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Credit Line
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Courtesy of the Meek-Eaton Black Archives/James N. Eaton, Sr. Collection
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Restrictions and Rights
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All rights reserved. The use of any part of these objects and photographs transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of Meek-Eaton Black Archives is an infringement of the copyright law.
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Photograph Rights Holder
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Florida A&M University Meek-Eaton Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum
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Spatial Coverage
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On Display
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Location
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Jim Crow Exhibition Hall
