"Metropolitan Jim Crow Plan Hits Philadelphia"
Title
"Metropolitan Jim Crow Plan Hits Philadelphia"
Subject
Policy holders of color of Metropolitan Insurance Company react to impending segregation within the company.
Description
African-Americans policy holders with the Metropolitan Insurance Company were outraged when they were informed that a separate, "Negroes only," office would be set up for policy holders of color. This plan stated that African-American policy holders would only be able to do business or pay dues at the new and separate branch to arrive in Philadelphia. According to the article, Metropolitan Insurance Company intended to repeat this in Detroit, New York, Baltimore, and other eastern cities.
Creator
Edgar W. Roster, author
Source
Philadelphia Tribune
Publisher
WCU, HIS 601/HON 452 Great Migration and Digital Storytelling, Fall 2014
Date
January 17, 1929
Contributor
Derek Duquette
Rights
Used by permission of the Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc. All rights reserved. The Philadelphia Tribune, with 130 years of continuous publication, is the oldest newspaper in the United States serving the African-American community.
Format
PDF
Type
Text
Original Format
Newspaper
Files
Collection
Citation
Edgar W. Roster, author, “"Metropolitan Jim Crow Plan Hits Philadelphia",” Goin' North, accessed September 13, 2024, http://goinnorth.org/items/show/165.