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Coming back from a 1956 trip photographing South Carolina’s segregated beaches for Jet magazine, Cecil J. Williams stops at a filling station, closed at the time, and drinks from a “WHITE ONLY” water fountain. —Photo by Rendall Harper Cecil J. Williams (born November 26, 1937) is an American photographer, publisher, author and inventor best known for his photography documenting the civil rights movement in South Carolina beginning in the 1950s.
Historical - “Do Not Buy Where You Will Not Be Hired,” North Carolina, early 1960s. I wonder if the photographer intentionally hid part of the second sign, to grab my attention. After reading the front sign, my brain tried to immediately fill in the gaps of the second sign. I did some digging and found that it read: “Do not shop where you cannot work”. | Facebook
An incident that sparked the civil rights movement was..
Brown v. Board of education orders the desegregation of public schools
Claudette Colvin was 15 when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger and was arrested with several charges that included violating the city's segregation laws. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a 13 month boycott where African americans refused to ride city buses.
U.S. Attonery General Robert Kennedy was also a big supporter of civil rights, he wanted to…
