• A Black man stands next to a bus and a sign that reads "Colored Waiting Room"
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    Although slavery was abolished in the United States in 1865, equality and opportunity were still restricted. (Image: At the bus station in Durham, North Carolina, 1940 - Library of Congress, 2017747598)

  • A Black man stands next to a bus and a sign that reads "Colored Waiting Room"

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