separate facilities
Apart by law
Separate facilities refers to the practice, especially in the American South under Jim Crow laws, of providing distinct public accommodations for Black and white people—separate schools, restrooms, drinking fountains, waiting rooms, and seating areas.
The doctrine of "separate but equal" claimed these arrangements were constitutional, though the facilities designated for Black Americans were systematically inferior.
The train station maintained separate facilities for colored passengers.
The term now evokes this era of legal segregation.
- segregationForced separation by group
- restroomsPublic toilet facilities
- public restroomsShared toilet facilities
- bathroomsRooms for washing, toileting
- dividedSeparated into portions
Jim Crow · civil rights era · apartheid · colored · whites only · race relations · partitioned · amenities · locker rooms · locker room · changing rooms · privacy · gender · designated · exclusive · accommodation · isolation · barrier
- Apartheidapartheid, pass laws, Group Areas Act, passbook, passbooks
- civil rightsequal protection, equal rights, Civil Rights Act, right to life, Voting Rights Act
- Jim CrowJim Crow laws, segregation laws, Plessy v. Ferguson, whites only, whites only signs
- school segregationschool segregation, desegregation, school desegregation, school integration, de facto segregation
separate facilitiesshared facilities
Amenities used by multiple parties
open access · unsegregated · integration · communal facilities · equal access
separate facilitiesshared facilities
Amenities used by multiple parties
communal facilities · pooled resources · common areas · shared amenities
separate facilitiespublic facilities
Shared community infrastructure
common areas · shared spaces · universal access · communal spaces · general admission
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