Re: White MAGA boomer

On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 09:15:52 -0500, Michael Trew
<michael.trew@att.net> wrote:

"A serious crime", are you kidding me?

Unknown what laws existed,


AI Overview

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed the segregation of public
facilities, including water fountains, based on race, color, religion,
or national origin. The law was signed into by President Lyndon B.
Johnson on July 2, 1964.

Before the Civil Rights Act, Jim Crow laws in many states required
Black and white Americans to use separate public facilities. These
laws mandated segregation in:

water fountains, restrooms, theaters, waiting rooms, cemeteries,
restaurants, public transportation, and schools.


In reality, public facilities for Black Americans were often inferior
to those for white Americans.

The civil rights movement of the 1950s and early 1960s put pressure on
the government to end segregation. Civil rights activists staged
sit-ins and boycotts to protest discrimination.

While segregated water fountains and other symbols of racism are gone
today, some relics from the past remain. For example, in Ellisville,
Mississippi, two water fountains with the words "white" and "colored"
still stand in front of the Jones County Courthouse.