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An African-American man drinking at a "colored" drinking fountain in a streetcar terminal in Oklahoma City. 1939

An African-American Military Policeman on a motorcycle in front of the "colored" MP entrance during World War II.

White tenants seeking to prevent blacks from moving into the Sojourner Truth housing project erected this sign. Detroit, 1942.

Residential segregation in Milwaukee, the most segregated city in America according to the 2000 US Census. The cluster of blue dots represent black residents.

A drinking fountain labeled with a sign 'White.'

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland.
May 1943.
Arthur Siegel, photographer.
"A drinking fountain." [Sign: "White."]

Sign on a restaurant, with a sign: 'We Cater to White Trade only.'

Lancaster, Ohio. August 1938.
Ben Shahn, photographer.
"Sign on a restaurant." [Sign: "We Cater to White Trade only."]

And on and on and on and on.

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