Burgess Owens Shreds Democrats’ Comparison Of Voter Integrity Laws To Jim Crow: I ‘Actually Experienced Jim Crow’ Laws
“As someone who’s actually experienced Jim Crow laws, I’d like to set the record straight on the myth regarding the recently passed Georgia State law, and why any comparison between this law and Jim Crow is absolutely outrageous,” Owens said during a congressional hearing. “I’ll give you a few examples from my own life of what Jim Crow laws actually looked like.”
“At the age of 12, my father allowed me to participate in a demonstration with college students in front of the segregated Florida State Theater, where because of our color, we could not enter. I was the youngest participant there,” he recounted. “Only 50 years later did I learn that my father parked across the street to watch and make sure I was safe.”
“In the seventh grade, my school never received new books. Instead, we received books from the all-white school across town,” the Utah congressman said. “At service stations, there were white-men-only restrooms, white-women-only restrooms, and a filthy restroom in the back of the station for black Americans designated as ‘colored.'”
“As someone who’s actually experienced Jim Crow laws, I’d like to set the record straight on the myth regarding the recently passed Georgia State law, and why any comparison between this law and Jim Crow is absolutely outrageous,” Owens said during a congressional hearing. “I’ll give you a few examples from my own life of what Jim Crow laws actually looked like.”
“At the age of 12, my father allowed me to participate in a demonstration with college students in front of the segregated Florida State Theater, where because of our color, we could not enter. I was the youngest participant there,” he recounted. “Only 50 years later did I learn that my father parked across the street to watch and make sure I was safe.”
“In the seventh grade, my school never received new books. Instead, we received books from the all-white school across town,” the Utah congressman said. “At service stations, there were white-men-only restrooms, white-women-only restrooms, and a filthy restroom in the back of the station for black Americans designated as ‘colored.'”
