A symbol of Texas racist past has become a source of controversy at the Ellis County courthouse in Waxahachie.
The sign that says negroes was found after a courthouse renovation and is believed to have stood over a segregated drinking fountain there. Local officials preserved it, adding a plaque underneath marking it as a reminder of the trauma caused during the Jim Crow era in the South.
But the sign troubled Ellis County Constable Curtis Polk Jr., a Black man who asked that his new office not be near it. County Judge Todd Little helped relocate Polk s office, but Little is now also under investigation for encouraging the partial defacement of that sign.
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WAXAHACHIE, Texas (AP) Controversy over a segregation-era “Negroes” sign in a Texas courthouse has taken an unusual turn after a top county official was identified as a suspect in a criminal inve
WAXAHACHIE, Texas (AP) Controversy over a segregation-era “Negroes” sign in a Texas courthouse has taken an unusual turn after a top county official was identified as a suspect in a criminal inve