Ray Stannard Baker Quote

The very first time I was on a car in Atlanta, I saw the conductor — all conductors are white — ask a Negro woman to get up and take a seat farther back in order to make a place for a white man. I have also seen white men requested to leave the Negro section of the car.


Following the Color Line (1908)


The very first time I was on a car in Atlanta, I saw the conductor — all conductors are white — ask a Negro woman to get up and take a seat...

The very first time I was on a car in Atlanta, I saw the conductor — all conductors are white — ask a Negro woman to get up and take a seat...

The very first time I was on a car in Atlanta, I saw the conductor — all conductors are white — ask a Negro woman to get up and take a seat...

The very first time I was on a car in Atlanta, I saw the conductor — all conductors are white — ask a Negro woman to get up and take a seat...