File:Chicago Defender July 31 1948.jpg
Chicago_Defender_July_31_1948.jpg (273 × 366 pixels, file size: 42 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
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| Description |
This is an image of the front page of the Chicago Defender newspaper for July 31, 1948, with the lead story announcing that President Harry S. Truman had issued Executive Order 9981 ending racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces. The placement of the story shows the importance that the African-American community attached to Truman's action. |
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| Source |
This image appears at [1] as part of a Library of Congress educational exhibit. The full-size digital image appears at: [2] |
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| Portion used |
Front page |
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| Purpose of use |
Provide evidence for the importance attached to the Executive Order ( discussed in the linked article) concerned within the African American community, placing the Executive Order in context. |
| Replaceable? |
This is a scan from a copyrighted newspaper dated 1948, as this is a copyright that has not yet expired it would be difficult to provide a 'free' image. Use of an alternative image would run the risk of not accurately reflecting the significance of the events |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Executive Order 9981//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chicago_Defender_July_31_1948.jpgtrue | |
![[2]](https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/09/0902001r.jpg){kind=link}
Licensing[edit]
 | This image is a scan of a newspaper page or article, and the copyright for it is most likely held by either the publisher of the newspaper or the individual contributors who worked on the articles or images depicted. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of newspaper pages
qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. Note: If the image depicts a person or persons on the cover, it is not acceptable to use the image in the article of the person or persons depicted on the cover, unless used to directly illustrate a point about the publication of the image. Use of the image merely to depict a person or persons in the image will be removed. |
| This file will not be in the public domain in both its home country and the United States until January 1, 2044 and should not be transferred to Wikimedia Commons until that date, as Commons requires that images be free in the source country and in the United States. |
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 20:31, 14 February 2022 | | 273 × 366 (42 KB) | LucasKannou (talk | contribs) | Improved file size to less then 100,000 pixels. |
| 23:41, 16 January 2013 | No thumbnail | 179 × 240 (16 KB) | Cuppysfriend (talk | contribs) | Reduced image to comply with non-free media policy. |
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