The Restriction of Blacks' Presence in Public Spaces (20 abr 1920 año – 5 agos 1945 año)

Descripción:

"Segregated residentially, Black populations also faced restrictions beyond the home. Subject to practices of containment, Black presence itself was heavily surveilled and restricted. The 1920s through the end of the Second World War saw an expanded focus on restricting Black presence in public space. Black movement in some areas was commonly restricted through 'sundown laws,' curfews or bylaws that meant that Black people had to be indoors or out of town by a particular time of the evening (Walker 2010). For example, in the 1940s, June Robbins, a Black woman who lived in Chatham and worked in Wallaceburg, described travelling thirty-four miles a day to and from work because Black people were not allowed to stay in Wallaceburg after dark (Brand 1991:151)."

Source: Robyn Maynard. Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present (2017). Pg. 37

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