Sutro Baths Segregation (Originally appeared on the Ocean Beach Bulletin, February 22, 2011.) Classical entrance to Sutro Baths with a slice of Redwood tree taken from Humboldt County, California, 1890s., circa 1898 - Isaiah West Taber In February, Black History Month, the television is full of footage of the Freedom Riders, Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lincoln Monument, and sepia-tinted interviews with heroes from the Civil Rights Movement. It's important to remember, however, that the struggle for civil rights didn't begin in the 1950s. John Martini, historian and retired National Park Service ranger, recently discovered more evidence of the long national struggle in 1890s San Francisco.