In this news photo of a parade celebrating the centennial of the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, women dressed in hoop skirts ride a float labeled "South Carolina Confederate Centennial." Men dressed in Confederate uniforms ride on the perimeter of the float. The caption, "Southern Belles 'Guarded' During the Parade," refers to a belief that was widely held by whites in the Jim Crow era: that white women needed protection from anything that challenged Jim Crow and "the southern way of life." | Source: Charleston News and Courier, April 13, 1961, Newsbank.Download Original File
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Charleston News and Courier, April 13, 1961, Newsbank.
"News coverage of Charleston's re-enactment of the firing on Fort Sumter, 1961." appears in: Fort Johnson Monument
