超過50年的時間，黑人與白人在等火車時有各自的候車室，例如圖中這個維吉尼亞州的羅阿諾課車站即是如此

出處: Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc. "Colored Section, Roanoke Station of the Virginia & Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia." February 3, 1950. Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America: Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner, 1935-1955, Library of Congress.