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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Harris County, Texas, desegregated public restrooms in its courthouse and Civil Courts building last week by replacing 'White' and 'Colored' signs with 'Men' and 'Women', following advice from county attorney in a related federal lawsuit.
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HOUSTON, TeXAS - (ANP) -
Desegregation came last week to public rest rooms in the Harris County courthouse and the Civil Courts building.
Signs designating the 17 public rest rooms for "White" and "Colored" were quietly replaced.
The new signs say simply Men and "Women."
County Commissioner E. A. (Squatty) Lyons said he instructed Building Superintendent Grady Albert to remove color barriers from the rest room doors.
He said the County Commissioners Court agreed to take down the segregation signs on the rest rooms on the advice of Atty. Jack Binion, who represents the county in a federal court lawsuit involving proposed desegregation of the county's Sylvan Beach Park
"People were ignoring those signs anyway," Lyons added.
In lowering the racial barrier a notch, the county joined with the federal government as far as restrictions on use of public rest rooms is concerned
"But I didn't think he'd do it so is concerned
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Houston, Texas
Event Date
Last Week
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signs designating rest rooms for "white" and "colored" were replaced with "men" and "women"; county joined federal government in removing restrictions on public rest room use
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Desegregation of public rest rooms in Harris County courthouse and Civil Courts building; County Commissioner E. A. (Squatty) Lyons instructed Building Superintendent Grady Albert to remove color barriers on advice of Atty. Jack Binion regarding a federal court lawsuit on Sylvan Beach Park desegregation; people were ignoring the signs anyway