Segregated bus station in North Carolina, May, 1940

Segregated bus station in North Carolina, May, 1940
Segregated bus station, Durham, North Carolina, May 1940. This was typical of bus travel all over the South. In many locations, no restrooms were available for Black passengers, as Clark experienced regularly when taking the bus from Columbia, SC to Charleston. ”I would get on a bus in the afternoon, and no matter how long the trip you could never use a bathroom.” | Source: Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives. Delano, Jack, photographer. At the bus station in Durham, North Carolina.
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