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This building bears the name “Rex Theatre for Colored People,” showing the racial segregation of cinemas in Leland, Mississippi (U.S.). June 1937.
USHMM #22529/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Howard University students in Washington, D.C., demonstrate in 1934 in favor of anti-lynching laws, to protect Blacks from murder by racists.
USHMM #22531/UPI/Bettmann/CORBIS
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A storefront window in Lancaster, Ohio (U.S.), a small town 40 miles southeast of Ohio State University, where Jesse Owens trained. The sign in the window says: “We Cater to White Trade Only.” 1938.
USHMM #22530/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The Museum’s exhibitions are supported by the Lester Robbins and Sheila Johnson Robbins Traveling and Special Exhibitions Fund, established in 1990.
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