Sign above a theater in Waco, Texas. November 1939. Russell Lee, photographer. (Sign: "The Gem Theatre Exclusive Colored Theatre")
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. LC-USF33-12498-M2Other Photographs
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