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Segregated movie theatre for African Americans in Mississippi, 1939 (b/w photo)

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XOS3697026
Image title
Segregated movie theatre for African Americans in Mississippi, 1939 (b/w photo)
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Artist
Lange, Dorothea (1895-1965) / American
Location
Private Collection
Medium
photograph
Date
1939 AD (C20th AD)
Image description

Leland, Mississippi, in the Delta area. The Rex theatre for Negro people , Nov. 1939 advertised the official film of the recent Joe Louis-Bob Paster fight. Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States which continued to be enforced until 1965

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Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
20th century / 1930s / USA / North America / America (continent) / black and white / photo / Lange Dorothea (1895-1965) / photographer / female artist / artist / art / Great Depression / Farm Security Administration / New Deal / african american / 30s / thirties / laws / Jim Crow / motion pictures / Segregation / racial discrimination / cinema / racial / african-american / movie / sign / social / society / north america / rex theaters / documentary / Civil Rights / theatre / photography / racism / segregated / discrimination / America / entertainment / Theater / Farm Security Administration / documentation / race / public / race relations / reportage / leland / film / USA / mississippi / FSA / photograph / Mzphoto
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Largest available format 7440 × 5628 px 26 MB
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