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February 2013 Pic of the Month

Segregated Travel and the Uncommon Courage of Rosa Parks

Southern states established segregated railroad station facilities for blacks, with separate (and often inferior) ticket agent windows and restrooms, and often lacking the eating facilities available to whites. This sign was installed in a Louisville & Nashville Railroad station. ID 89.210.1.

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