Whites Only Picnic Area - Shenandoah National Park
Description:
Whites only picnic area - Shenandoah National Park. Shenandoah National Park opened in 1935 as one of the first National Parks (along with Great Smokey Mountain and Mammoth Caves) in the American South. Segregation was a contentious issue from the first. National Parks in the rest of the nation were not segregated, so Black visitors to Shenandoah were dismayed to see whites only signs like this one when they entered the park.
Date:
Late 1930s
Creator:
Melanie Tenorio
Subject
Segregation in Shenandoah National ParkContributor
None recorded.Format
None recorded.Source:
National Park Service Website, Shenandoah National Park
https://www.nps.gov/shen/learn/historyculture/segregation.htm
https://www.nps.gov/shen/learn/historyculture/segregation.htm
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Rights
None recorded.Citation
Melanie Tenorio, “Whites Only Picnic Area - Shenandoah National Park,” Appalachian Trail Histories, accessed November 5, 2024, https://appalachiantrailhistory.org/items/show/104.
