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Plant City, Florida - Can you imagine going on a road trip and being away from home overnight but you're not able stop and use the bathroom, get a hotel room or even eat a hot meal where you'd like because of the color of your skin?
Man Turns Home Into Historic Museum on Segregation
Seeded on Sat Feb 4, 2012 12:04 AM EST
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That's what life was like for African-Americans during segregation. That's when an invisible line was drawn separating blacks from whites through Jim Crow laws.
But at the Plant City Bing Rooming House at 205 S. Allen Street African-Americans were welcome. Guests included James Brown, the "Godfather of Soul" and Satchel Paige, who was called the greatest pitcher ever in Negro League Baseball. Blues legend Muddy Waters also stayed at the rooming house according to William Thomas, Jr.
The Bing Rooming House opened in the 1920's and was the only place they could stay due to segregation.
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