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(CIVIL RIGHTS--SEGREGATION.) The Texas railroad segregation law, printed for display on the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. Broadside, 12¾ x 8¼ inches, on card stock; minor foxing and dampstaining. Can ship with original wood and glass frame. No place, circa early 1920s
The law states that every railroad company "shall provide separate coaches or compartments . . . for the accommodation of white and negro passengers . . . equal in all points of comfort and convenience." Passengers using the wrong car "shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars." This act was passed by the Texas legislature in 1907; the language was altered slightly before the publication of the 1925 "Revised Civil Statutes."
