Discrimination Discrimination is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

More than words… It is said that a picture is worth 1000 words. On the previous slide you saw the definition of discrimination. To get a feel for what color discrimination looked like during the Jim Crow era I am going to show you a series of photos that depict color discrimination. Some of these images may be difficult to view.

1950 Segregated Water Fountains in North Carolina by Elliott Erwitt The water fountains were mostly the most segregated item in the Jim Crow South, white people were often outspoken about not sharing hygiene facilities with African Americans. The bathrooms were also separated to white people and African American, noted as Colored. 1950 Segregated Water Fountains in North Carolina by Elliott Erwitt

Black and White Activist both protesting

Hotel owner pouring acid in the water when black people swam in his pool, ca. 1964

Police using a water hoses on African American protesters

June 20, 1943 White People taking picture with beaten African American