@BeschlossDC Saw it at Corcoran - it's by by famed African American artist/musician/director Gordon Parks.Birmingham department store, 1956.
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@BeschlossDC I know. I was there, driving through the south to Florida from California. Shocking. Bad memories.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BeschlossDC Is this by Gordon Parks?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BeschlossDC What made the south so interesting are the colorful names of the particpants like "Bull Conner"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BeschlossDC I'm going there the last of June for a book I am writing Wish me well :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BeschlossDC I'm 55 & I remember the signs and asking my dad how come I could not play there -
@guy1749@BeschlossDC I remember reading about this in school in the UK and not really believing it , seemed so terrible. -
@Limeylizzie@BeschlossDC Oh yes we had our own version of Apartheid in America one of the reasons WWII made the country reflect -
@guy1749 I cannot imagine having to explain that to a child, I was also stunned when I first heard about segregation in the Armed Forces. -
@Limeylizzie Yes its true, feel free to learn more at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TuskegeeAirmenHistory/ … -
@guy1749 My Aunts told me about pubs in UK that would only serve the black US soldiers because the whites were racist! I am a WW2 freak! -
@Limeylizzie Another reason for some troubles of the Yanks were due the Europeans not being as racist. -
@guy1749 We never really had slavery on our shores which I think has something to do with that. Except for Hitler , of course! - 1 more reply
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@BeschlossDC Bombingham as it was affectionately called by the pressThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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