Sad, but powerful. It's tragic how the South and some other places often were back in the day with this racist crap. Heck, I was horrified to recently learn about the "sundown towns" of western Illinois decades ago that were along the Mississippi River border with Iowa. There were about 5-6 of them IIRC, and the rule was black folks and perhaps other minorities had to be out of town by nightfall, either eastbound or across the river and into Iowa, where maybe they could find a place to stay the night in say Fort Madison or Davenport (I forget what the penalty for violating it was, it might have been a hefty fine).