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Re: Black/Asian/Hispanic passengers on a train in 40s & 50s?
Author: Observer
Date: 01-29-2013 - 17:07
mike55 Wrote:
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> I remember reading in the book specifically on the
> "Sunset Limited" that black passengers traveling
> in California, Arizona and New Mexico were
> assigned without regard to color. The minute the
> Sunset or any other SP passenger train entered El
> Paso the black passengers were moved to separate
> cars. Law enforcement officers boarded the trains
> at El Paso and Beaumont and the segragation was
> strictly enforced. Probably in Louisiana as well.
> Also, don't know if the separate cars were
> "separate but equal" or just separate.
> ---mike55
You can be assured they were not "equal.
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> I remember reading in the book specifically on the
> "Sunset Limited" that black passengers traveling
> in California, Arizona and New Mexico were
> assigned without regard to color. The minute the
> Sunset or any other SP passenger train entered El
> Paso the black passengers were moved to separate
> cars. Law enforcement officers boarded the trains
> at El Paso and Beaumont and the segragation was
> strictly enforced. Probably in Louisiana as well.
> Also, don't know if the separate cars were
> "separate but equal" or just separate.
> ---mike55
You can be assured they were not "equal.
