Segregation in the USA

Monday, January 25th

Segregation in the USA

All across the USA, segregation was the law!

In the south, more places were segregated.

In the buses, white people had to sit at the front whereas black people had to sit at the back.

Black people couldn’t drink in the same water fountains.

They couldn’t swim in the same swimming-pools and beaches.

They couldn’t take a shower in the same bathrooms.

They had to live in separate neighbourhoods.

They had to play checkers separately in the parks.

Black people and white people couldn’t study in the same schools.

Segregation in the USA

Friday, January 22nd

Segregation in the USA

Afro-American people and white people were segregated.

In gas stations, « colored » people had to use different bathrooms. They couldn’t pee or take a shower together.

Black people couldn’t swim in the same swimming-pools.

Old Afro-American people couldn’t play checkers together in the park.

Black and white people had to pray in different churches.

They couldn’t stay together at the beach: they couldn’t sunbathe, play, or relax together.