Rome, Georgia. September 1943. Esther Bubley, photographer. "A sign at the Greyhound bus station." [Sign: "Colored Waiting Room."]
Durham, North Carolina. May 1940. Jack Delano, photographer."At the bus station."
Memphis, Tennessee. October 1939. Marion Post Wolcott, photographer. "Secondhand clothing stores and pawn shop on Beale Street."[Sign: "Hotel Clark, The Best Service for Colored Only."]
Memphis, Tennessee. June 1937. Dorothea Lange, photographer."A fish restaurant for Negroes in the section of the city where cotton hoers are recruited." [Sign: "Bryant's Place Hot Fish for Colored."]
Leland, Mississippi, in the delta area. November 1939. Marion Post Wolcott, photographer. "The Rex theater for Negro People." [Sign: "Rex Theater for Colored People."]
Halifax, North Carolina. April 1938. John Vachon, photographer. "A drinking fountain on the county courthouse lawn." [Sign: "Colored."]
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. July 1939. Russell Lee, photographer. "Man drinking at a water cooler in the street car terminal." [Sign: "Reserved for Colored."]
Belzoni, Mississippi, in the delta area. October 1939. Marion Post Wolcott, photographer. "Negro man entering movie theater by "Colored" entrance."[Signs: "Colored--Adm." and "White Men Only."]
Waco, Texas. November 1939. Russell Lee, photographer. "Sign above moving picture theater." [Sign: "The Gem Theatre Exclusive Colored Theatre."]
South Carolina. June 1939. Marion Post Wolcott, photographer. "A highway sign advertising tourist cabins for Negroes." [Sign: "Cabins for Colored."]
Memphis, Tennessee. October 1939(?) Marion Post Wolcott, photographer."Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee." [Sign: "Rex Billiard Hall for Colored."]
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Colored Troops Lousiana Native Guards 1861
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