Black Worker in Downtown Raleigh

Title

Black Worker in Downtown Raleigh

Description

This image represents the lack of mobility for black men and women in the East Raleigh/South Park neighborhoods. Black citizens were often confined to pre-approved segregated areas. With few options for housing and employment, black families throughout Southeast Raleigh sought answers from the Raleigh city government.

Creator

Unknown

Source

Unknown, "African American Man in Downtown Raleigh Sweeping in Front of a Coca-Cola Advertisement," 1960s, Raleigh and the Triangle Area, UA023.026.020, North Carolina State University Special Collections Research Center, Raleigh, NC, http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/0012835.

Date

1960-XX-XX to 1969-XX-XX

Contributor

Mandy Benter

Type

still image

Original Format

photograph

Physical Dimensions

Unknown

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Files

item33258.jpg

Collection

Citation

Unknown, “Black Worker in Downtown Raleigh,” The State of History, accessed October 16, 2024, https://soh.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/33258.