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Jim Crow Laws were enforced at bus stations and on buses. Freedom Riders were groups of white and African-American civil rights activists who organized Freedom Rides. These were bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus stations. Shown in the photograph is a segregated bus station in Durham, North Carolina in May 1940.
Source-Dependent Questions
- What evidence in the photograph supports segregation?
- How does this photo connect to the story of Rosa Parks?
- Compare this photo to the segregated movie house and the segregated cafe. What is similar between the photos? What is different?
Citation Information
Delano, Jack, "At the bus station in Durham, North Carolina," May 1940. Courtesy of Library of Congress