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Racially segregated drinking fountain[edit]

Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2024 at 08:57:01 (UTC)

Original – A Black American drinks from a drinking fountain specifically designated for "colored" people in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, July 1939.
Reason
High EV: demonstrates racial segregation well; good composition; appears in various articles; already featured in Turkish Wikipedia
Articles in which this image appears
Discrimination, Racial segregation, Discrimination in the United States, Russell Lee (photographer), Jim Crow laws +4
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Russell Lee