- Collection:
- African American Odyssey
- Title:
- Negro man entering movie theatre by 'colored' entrance
- Creator:
- Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990
- Date of Original:
- 1939
- Subject:
- African Americans--Segregation--Mississippi--Belzoni
African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--Belzoni
African American men--Mississippi--Belzoni
Discrimination in public accommodations--Mississippi--Belzoni
Race discrimination--Mississippi--Belzoni
Civil rights--United States
Motion picture theaters--Mississippi--Belzoni
Film posters--Mississippi--Belzoni
Advertising--Mississippi--Belzoni
Dr. Pepper Co. - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Humphreys County, 33.1287, -90.52662
United States, Mississippi, Humphreys County, Belzoni, 33.18429, -90.48926 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Black-and-white photograph of an African American man ascending stairs to enter a movie theater through the entrance designated for African American patrons. A large soda advertisement is painted on the building above the staircase, and a poster advertising the movie to be shown is posted at the base of the stairs.
Exhibited: African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress, 1998.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Local Identifier:
- Reproduction number: LC-USF33-03067-M3 (8-3) (b&w film neg.); (digital file from original negative)
- Metadata URL:
- http://crdl.usg.edu/id:loc_afamodyssey_0803001r
- Digital Object URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/08/0803001r.jpg
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection;
- Contributing Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
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