Monday, January 28, 2013

Exploration Three

"Talking about the civil rights movement, I don't think things will ever get to the point of "equal rights" where it will be equal...I still get paid five-fifty an hour after all these years. And I feel sometimes if a white person had this job, the person would get paid more than me. Just because the color of their skin." One of the profiles in Holding On that I found interesting was Geneva Tisdale. She had worked as a glass washer for many years. She was told to come to work in civilian clothes because she was going to be one of the first to be served food. This helped spark the movement of segregation in the Woolworth's restaurant. I can't imagine going through this time period and having to put up with such inequality. This shows us how our culture changed and how it continues to change, hopefully for the better.

The blog of the link I found discusses the Jim Crow Laws. It also talks about Diana Ross and how she was affected by the separation in restaurants like where Geneva Tisdale worked.The blacks were treated poorly and given scraps or old food at restaurants. The blogger continues to write about how the interviews and stories from the employees and customers can't capitulate the conditions from the Jim Crow Laws.

http://www.foodasalens.com/2010/07/1950s-infrapolitics-segregated.html

6 comments:

  1. I think Geneva was a very interesting person as well. I thought it was cool how she got to be one of the first people served in her own restaurant. Her story truly does show how segregated public places were, but also how African Americans were starting to get fed up with it. They had finally had enough and were ready to stand up for their rights.

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  2. I thought it was ironic in the Geneva Tisdale story, how African Americans were making the food, but could not sit down and eat the food they made. I think it has shown how far we have come in equal rights.

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  3. I find this topic very interesting to learn about. It is unreal how things used to be and it's almost sickening for me to think about how people were treated.

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  4. i too think it would be really hard to be black and living back when civil right weren't very fair

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  5. What a rough life that some people had to endure. Working as hard as they could for way less pay. Hopefully Ms. Tisdale lived long enough to see all of the wonderful and equal opportunities there are today for African Americans. There is always room for improvement but I think she would be pleasantly surprised.

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  6. Wow, love the picture, it really fits with the story of Geneva, it is sad how she worked there her whole life and still experiences segregation.

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