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Protest at a Movie Theater
Credit: James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives, VCU Libraries
Original Author: Unknown
Created: August 16, 1963
Medium: Photograph

Protest at a Movie Theater

On August 16, 1963, an African American woman is turned away from the box office at the segregated State Theater in Farmville. During the summer of 1963, protesters picketed the movie theater as part of the campaign against segregation in Farmville.

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