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Segregation At The Memphis Train Depot
Ticket Counter

Despite their service in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, black soldiers were still required to purchase train tickets separately at the Memphis Train Depot.

Segregation at the Memphis Train Depot Ticket Counter
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Subject
Segregation

Creator
Records of the Office of the Chief of Transportation,
Record Group 336

Source
Photographs of Transportation Corps Activities, 1944-1945

Date
ca. 1944

Rights
National Archives at Atlanta

Format
Still Image

Identifier
National Archives Identifier 6713242

Coverage
Memphis (Tenn.)

Original Format
Photograph Print 8" x 10"
Tags
African Americans | Railroads | Tennessee | World War II
 

 

 

 

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