At the bus station in Durham, North Carolina

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Photograph by Jack Delano for the U.S. Office of War Information.

Date created: May 1940
License: This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.
Source: Original image housed by Library of Congress

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An African American man stands at a bus station beneath a sign reading “Colored Waiting Room.”

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