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Sign from segregated Nashville bus number 351, ca. 1950. Creator: Unknown.

A metal bus sign with a stenciled black paint in black that reads: [THIS PART OF BUS FOR / COLORED RACE]. In 1960, students planned, coordinated and implemented protests against segregation in public facilities by orchestrating bus boycotts, picket lines and sit-ins. The protests forced the City of Nashville to integrate later that year, but sit-ins and demonstrations continued well into the 1960s in order to ensure compliance. Residue on the surface shows that the sign remained in place, pasted over by a different one.

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Title: Sign from segregated Nashville bus number 351, ca. 1950. Creator: Unknown.

Caption: A metal bus sign with a stenciled black paint in black that reads: [THIS PART OF BUS FOR / COLORED RACE]. In 1960, students planned, coordinated and implemented protests against segregation in public facilities by orchestrating bus boycotts, picket lines and sit-ins. The protests forced the City of Nashville to integrate later that year, but sit-ins and demonstrations continued well into the 1960s in order to ensure compliance. Residue on the surface shows that the sign remained in place, pasted over by a different one.

Personalities: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

Credit: Album / Heritage Art/Heritage Images

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Image size: 8092 × 3209 px | 74.3 MB

Print size: 68.5 × 27.2 cm | 3185.8 × 1263.4 in (300 dpi)

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