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Restrictive Signs

Title

Restrictive Signs

Description

Restrictive signs sprang up across the southern and western landscape. They were constant and humiliating reminders with a common message—“stay in your place.”

Source

From the Smithsonian National Museum of American History’s exhibit Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education, 2004. Specifically they are from the Segregated America section:
http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/segregated-america.html

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Citation

"Restrictive Signs," in Teaching with Laurel Grove School, Item #43, https://chnm.gmu.edu/laurelgrove/items/show/43 (accessed February 1, 2022).