Demonstrators staging a sit-in at a drugstore lunch counter in Arlington, Virginia, are picketed by members of the American Nazi Party in 1960. Getty ImagesA man waves a Confederate flag before a group of demonstrators in front of an Indianapolis hotel where then-Gov. George Wallace of Alabama was staying on April 14, 1964. APKlansmen form a circle around a burning cross at a rally in Albany, Georgia, which an estimated 3,000 persons attended in 1962. Bettmann ArchivesRev. Ralph Abernathy (left) and Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker inspect the wreckage of the Negro Shady Grove Baptist Church in Leesburg, Georgia, after the structure was demolished in a fire believed touched off by an explosion on Aug. 15, 1962. Bettmann ArchivesCivil rights activists trying to stage a protest are blocked by National Guardsmen brandishing bayonets on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, 1968. Getty ImagesSigns such as Colored Waiting Room constantly reminded travelers of the enforced racial order. Library of CongressSign at a Greyhound Bus Station in Rome, GA. Library of CongressA family drinking at a colored drinking fountain in Alabama. CBSMr. and Mrs. Albert Thornton, Mobile, Alabama, 1956. CBS“At a bus station. Professor Thornton comes face-to-face with segregation, which he accepts passively but with hurt pride. On long trips he sometimes dodges the problem by taking a more expensive but un-segregated plane. His salary as a professor is $6,600 a year and he could live quite comfortably were it not for his determination to put his own three children through college. Because their ages are such that they can go through one at a time, he thinks he can do it.” Gordon Parks/Courtesy The Gordon Parks FoundationAirline Terminal, Atlanta, Georgia, 1956. The Gordon Parks FoundationMobile, Alabama, 1956. The Gordon Parks FoundationOndria Tanner and Her Grandmother Window-shopping, Mobile, Alabama, 1956. The Gordon Parks FoundationThe photo shows a mailman wearing a pith helmet reading the mail to an illiterate couple. The Gordon Parks FoundationDepartment Store, Mobile, Alabama, 1956. The Gordon Parks FoundationCombination grocery and beauty parlor is the recreation center for the Tanner children. The Gordon Parks FoundationThe young girls can be seen looking at white families using the playground in Mobile, Alabama, 1956. The Gordon Parks FoundationThe photo shows a segregated Dairy Queen, Shady Grove, Alabama, 1956. The Gordon Parks FoundationYoung Causeys, Jeff (left) and S.L., go fishing in Turkey Creek. Even though their stepmother is a schoolteacher, they almost never read and their general knowledge is as low as that of other children in the community. Shady Grove, Alabama. CBSBlack Classroom, Shady Grove, Alabama, 1956. The Gordon Parks FoundationChildren at Play, Mobile, Alabama, 1956. The Gordon Parks FoundationUntitled, Shady Grove, Alabama, 1956. The Gordon Parks Foundation
