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Chapter 4

Hardening of Racial Separation

A hand-painted wood segregation sign with "COLORED SECTION" in dark blue on a whitewashed background with eye screws.
It is not the ‘Jim Crow’ car proper that hurts our sensibilities, but the spirit that demanded its creation. It is not our color or what we ate to-day, but the condition that we arose from that keeps alive what is known as American prejudice.

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A black-and-white image of James Bryant in a Pullman Porter uniform standing on the steps of a Pullman railcar.
A black and white photograph of three men loading baggage on to a train car.
Small booklet with a brown paper cover outlining an agreement between the Pullman Company and those employees represented by the Brothernood of Sleeping Car Porters
Uniform cap worn by Pullman railway attendants, with a scratched leather brim, cream-colored cord, and silver "Pullman" buttons.
A laminated Pullman Company identification card used by Mary Harris. The card is white with black text