Pass The Popcorn | 1939

A colored people movie house (Rex Theatre) located in Leland, Mississippi, 1939. Now playing: “The New Adventure of Tarzan” (top), The Three Musketeers (lower right)”; and “Out of Singapore” (lower right), and “Last of the Warrens (lower left). Neighboring electrical appliance store (Leland Electric Co.) shown on the left. [click image to enlarge]

Thirst for Civil Rights | 1939

Photography of African American man drinking at “Colored” water cooler in streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  The sign to his left points to White Women/Colored Women restroom entrance. Right sign points to its “White Men/Colored Men”  counterpart, 1939. [click image to enlarge]