Segregation

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Segregation

Entry/Object ID

9999.BHF.201

Scope and Content

Segregation. There is a picture of a restaurant showing separate doors for whites and blacks under the "Jim Crow" laws. From the St. Joseph News-Press Forum there is an article by Korea Clark Strowder Librarian (retired) Washington, D.C. public library. It was in response to an article written by Allen Seifert. "Home is where the heart is". She wished to present a different view of the Bartlett High School reunion and memories of St. Joseph in the 20's and 30's. St. Joseph News-Press article October, 17, 1963, Rights Bill Voted Down by Council. Measure rejected was one approved by commission. St. Joseph News-Press Friday, September 30, 1988, an article written by Ellis Freeman (Researched from 1944 biography) was titled Effects of segregation felt even in medical field. Blacks were not allowed to practice medicine in the hospital. They had to see patients in their private office. The story is about Dr. E. Y. Strawn and Dr. Charles R. Drew. The article talks about the rulings of the United States Army and Navy reporting the refusal of colored blood donors in an indefensible one from any point of view. The article was written by Sue Humphrey in the Telegraph February 22, 1990. She states that we speak of Black History thinking only of a branch of a race of black people whose ancestors spent their lives as slaves to our countrymen when the race itself had existed hundreds of years before our ancestors came to this continent. After seizing it from is former inhabitants, we founded what is now called the United States of American and formed a new race of people. She developed a great sense of protection and compassion for these abused people. She tells here story of trying to help. The title of this newspaper article is Blacks barred from restaurants, 7-11-93. St. Joseph always had its share of prejudices, discriminations and restrictions against blacks. In 1949 there were only two places where blacks could sit down and eat a meal, carry out food and be treated with the same respect given to others. Those restaurants were Freddie Sansone's at 22nd and Frederick Avenue and Jimmie Penzino's at 19th and Frederick Avenue. This was not changed until the Martin Luther King era. Civil rights came to city slowly, St. Joseph News-Press, written by Preston Filbert. In 1872 the St. Joseph Herald carefully documented the first vote of two elderly black men. It was another step on the long road to racial equality in St. Joseph. Most of America blacks lived the next 75 years in segregation. In 1945 comedian Jack Benny told the management of the Hotel Robidoux that if his sidekick, Eddie Rochester Anderson was refused a room, Benny would cancel his appearance here. The hotel relented. Change accelerated with the quiet revolutionary tactics of Kelsey Behears. Fred Slater wrote a column which ran on Fridays. The title of one article was The dark side of Jesse James. In one paragtaph he lists the names of Ann Harkins, Charlie Hairgrow, Frank Bergman, Bill Huebner and Bobby Stephan who were strong in his memory. His dad kept a special glass for Charlie Hairgrow (a black mail carrier) in the back of the store so that Charlie could have cokes, malts and such along his route. The caption "No Color Line Up There Is There Lord?" is at the bottom of a picture of a black man holding a woman. Birmingham is written on the bricks. The picture was the courtesy St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

Collection

Black Archives

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Slavery, Segregation, Civil rights

Search Terms

Black History, Jim Crow Laws

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

File, Folder

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jun 11, 2013

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Edmund Anderson

Person or Organization

Jack Benny

Person or Organization

Kelsey Beshears

Person or Organization

Clark Strowder

Person or Organization

Charles R. Drew

Person or Organization

Preston Filbert

Person or Organization

Ellis Freeman

Person or Organization

Kathryn Gamble

Person or Organization

Charlie Hairgrow

Person or Organization

Sue Humphrey

Person or Organization

Allen Seifert

Person or Organization

FREDERICK W. SLATER

Person or Organization

Dr. E. Y. Strawn