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Identifier

20004846

Description

Texas State Fair, Dallas. Crowd shot. An African American can be seen in the middle of the photo, smiling and looking at the camera. The presence of African Americans at the Texas State Park indicates that the picture was taken after 1961. In 1960, Althea Simmons, a black attorney and secretary of the Texas State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), picketed and protested segregation at the Texas State Fair, leading to the overturning (in 1961) of what was known as "Nergo's Day." Hung from the ceiling are flags from different countries.

Archival Date

Undated

Collection Name

Squire Haskins Photography, Inc. Collection

Collection Number

AR447

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Texas State Fair; Civil Rights Movement; Segregation

Names

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Subjects

Texas State Fair; Civil Rights Movement; Segregation

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