Mildred wants the people in this room to understand how Jim Crow laws affect every aspect of daily life. Schools and churches, buses and drinking fountains, restrooms and restaurants—everywhere you look in the South, you see “Colored” signs, “Whites Only” signs, a constant reminder of the racial segregation that is enforced by acts of violence committed by ordinary American citizens, uniformed police, and the white-hooded vigilantes of the Ku Klux Klan. The parallel with Germany is obvious. Signs are cropping up in Berlin and across the country: “Jews Are Not Wanted Here,” “Jews Prohibited,”
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