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| Creator: | Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990 |
| Title: | Negro man entering movie theatre by 'colored' entrance |
| Date: | 1939 |
| Description: | Black-and-white photograph of an African American man ascending stairs to enter a movie theater through the entrance designated for African American patrons. A large soda advertisement is painted on the building above the staircase, and a poster advertising the movie to be shown is posted at the base of the stairs. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Black-and-white photographs |
| Subjects: | African Americans--Segregation--Mississippi--Belzoni | African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--Belzoni | African American men--Mississippi--Belzoni | Discrimination in public accommodations--Mississippi--Belzoni | Race discrimination--Mississippi--Belzoni | Civil rights--United States | Motion picture theaters--Mississippi--Belzoni | Film posters--Mississippi--Belzoni | Advertising--Mississippi--Belzoni | Dr. Pepper Co. | Belzoni (Miss.) | Humphreys County (Miss.) |
| Collection: | African American Odyssey |
| Institution: | Library of Congress |
| Contributors: | Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division | African-American Odyssey Collection (Library of Congress) |
| Online Publisher: | Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress |
| Original Material: | Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection; Reproduction number: LC-USF33-03067-M3 (8-3) (b&w film neg.); (digital file from original negative) |
| Related Materials: | Exhibited: African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress, 1998. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/08/0803001r.jpg |
