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Paul Hayne High School (present day site of Kirklin Clinic)


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North Birmingham Library

Quote:City defied racial zoning ban

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/09/birm...s_pre.html

The 1926 zoning map is an important artifact of the city's civil rights history, said Charles E. Connerly, author of the book, "The Most Segregated City in America: City Planning and Civil Rights in Birmingham, 1920-1980."
"It didn't just separate land uses, it separated the races" on a map, said Connerly, a professor at the University of Iowa School of Urban and Regional Planning. "It's a very important map in the history of Birmingham."
Birmingham used city planning as a rationale for adopting a racial zoning law, even though the U.S. Supreme Court in 1917 struck down racial zoning, Connerly wrote in his book. Birmingham flouted the court and racial zoning stood unchallenged in Birmingham from 1926 until it was declared unconstitutional by the high court in 1951.
How could this happen? In the 1920s the NAACP in Birmingham was weak and the Ku Klux Klan was strong, Connerly said. The issue wasn't addressed until the NAACP grew stronger and more active in the 1930s and '40s, and early crusading civil rights lawyers such as Arthur Shores were willing to take it on, he said.
The movement really began in the late 1940s and early 1950s as blacks began to challenge the city's racial zoning by by moving into white neighborhoods. "It begins with the struggle over racial zoning," Connerly said.

When I was growing up in B'ham (1940s and 50s), the demarcation lines between "Colored" businesses and "White" was 18th Street North, 2nd Avenue North to 8th Avenue North. That is why the Gaston Motel, his bank and insurance offices were built where they were and the Carver and Famous theaters were there as well. Stores that served both races tended to be along 18th and 19th Streets.

The farther east one went downtown from 18th street, the "Whiter" the expected clientele of the businesses there. Upscale furniture stores, most jewelry stores, high fashion clothing stores and the tall business buildings were all east of 19th street North. Many of these stores did not provide rest room facilities for "colored" customers, forcing them to walk several blocks to use such facilities.