Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, christens the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, at the Wilmington yards of the California Shipbuilding Corporation on September 29, 1942. The ship was named for the noted Negro educator and founder of the Tuskegee Industrial Institute
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Public domain image of carnival, parade, celebration, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1942
Contributors
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
Location
Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.), 33.78000, -118.26250
Source
Library of Congress
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Public Domain