I was looking for something to support Hatton's assertion and was not able to find a picture but it did find this:
http://www.dallashistory.org/cgi-bin/webbbs_config.pl?read=5272 which indicates that a lot of people remember them. Come to think of it, would I have gone though Bonham while driving from Wichita Falls to Dallas? Seems to me I did, and if so there is no longer any such sign on the main highway, I would have remembered that. If anyone is curious about my reference to Tulia, here is a link for that: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/26/60minutes/main575291.shtml On 8/15/06, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can confirm that one such sign, although without the slurs, was strill > there in Buford, Ga when I lived there in 4th grade. > > Damn, well, that was 18 years ago. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 12:21 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: British are flamingly anti-semitic (or, according to them, > > anti-Jewish, since most semites are muslim) > > > > > > On 8/15/06, Crow T Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I grew up in the southern part of US and there are still signs from > > > > the 50's and 60's that read, "<racial slur for blacks> don't let the > > > > sun set on your black <alternate word for donkey> in our town > > > > tonight!" > > > > > > Do you have evidence of that? > > > > Nothing photographic but I remember seeing them in small towns in > > Northeast texas... Paris, Bonham and Commerce all had similar signs. > > Are they still standing today, I'm not sure... where they standing in > > 1990 when I was in high school? Yes. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213319 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
