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unknown, fl. 1941-1945 [Empty lunch counter at Tuskegee Army Air Fieldl]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09645.025 Author/Creator: unknown, fl. 1941-1945 Place Written: Tuskegee, Alabama Type: Photograph Date: 1941-1945 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 8.8 x 11.9 cm. Order a Copy

One undated black-and-white photograph of a lunch counter at the Tuskegee Army Air Field

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