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Racial segregation, Mississippi 1939

Original - An African-American man climbs stairs to a theater's "colored" entrance, Mississippi, 1939. The door on the ground level is marked "white men only".

Reason

A week ago during President Obama's inauguration, some of the older commentators on one of the broadcasts remembered the racial discrimination they had witnessed early in their lives and wondered how a new generation could understand how far things have come without seeing how bad they were. One way to convey that memory is to restore its record. Not all history is pretty; this deserves the front row treatment the man on the stairwell may never have received.

Articles this image appears in

Racial segregation, Racial segregation in the United States

Creator

Marion Post Wolcott

• Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 06:47, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
• Support. This high resolution image depicts the darker times of American history. obentomusubi 17:54, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
• Strong Support - How moving. I wish it included the price for white entry, just out of curiosity. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 19:26, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
• Support decent quality, high EV value. —Krm500 ^{(Communicate!)} 05:21, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
• Support Strong EV, good enough quality. Makeemlighter (talk) 07:27, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
• Question Can we get these old images geotagged? Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 09:30, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
  • Maybe if someone knew local Mississippi history well enough to identify the exact location of the theater. Durova^Charge! 18:25, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
    • It's a shame geotags don't allow for ranges to be given (or perhaps they do?), otherwise this could at least be tagged to Belzoni, and so it would get linked to Google Maps/Earth etc. on here. At least people would be able to find out quickly where this town is. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 01:02, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
• Support Her best image by far and a striking, valuable document to boot. Could maybe use a little sharpening, but no biggie. mikaul^talk 11:29, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
  • • Comment: It's a shame the White Men Only sign is so small-larger print would make the point more obviously Lemon_martini who cannot identify himself as this duff keyboard does not print tildes....
• Support A very disturbing photograph. Pastor Theo (talk) 23:56, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
• Support After some sleuthing, I've located the theater where this was taken. New Crescent Theatre, 211 N. Hayden Street, Belzoni, MS 39038 33°10′43.82″N 90°29′20.92″W. See also http://cinematreasures.org/theater/7540/ --Chasingsol^(talk) 05:24, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support - per Krm500 (talk · contribs), Makeemlighter (talk · contribs) and the "O_O" factor. —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 05:56, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support per Theo. Very disturbing in an understated way. Fletcher (talk) 03:06, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:Segregated cinema entrance3.jpg MER-C 04:33, 4 February 2009 (UTC)