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Separate water fountains for Black people still stand in the South – thinly veiled monuments to the long, strange, dehumanizing history of segregation
No one knows for certain when public facilities like bathrooms and drinking fountains ... the words “white” and “colored” designated which fountain was to be used by which race.
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Victorian drinking fountain to be fully restored
A 19th Century drinking fountain is set to become fully functional as part of a project to restore it to its "former glory". The Walton Well Drinking Fountain, in Oxford, was installed on the site ...
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Jim Crow Laws
The laws affected almost every aspect of daily life, mandating segregation of schools, parks, libraries, drinking fountains, restrooms, buses, trains, and restaurants. "Whites Only" and "Colored ...