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![[Two African American women and three children, one of them on a cow, on an unpaved road, in front of buildings]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvdHdvLWFmcmljYW4tYW1lcmljYW4td29tZW4tYW5kLXRocmVlLWNoaWxkcmVuLW9uZS1vZi10aGVtLW9uLWEtY293LW9uLWFuLXVucGF2ZWQtZTM3NjQzLTEwMjQuanBn/320/256/jpg "[Two African American women and three children, one of them on a cow, on an unpaved road, in front of buildings]")
![[African Americans and horse-drawn wagon in front of country store, two women stand on balcony]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbnMtYW5kLWhvcnNlLWRyYXduLXdhZ29uLWluLWZyb250LW9mLWNvdW50cnktc3RvcmUtdHdvLXdvbWVuLThkYjFkMi02NDAuanBn/40/52/webp "[African Americans and horse-drawn wagon in front of country store, two women stand on balcony]")
![[African Americans in wagons drawn by mules on street with commercial buildings in background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbnMtaW4td2Fnb25zLWRyYXduLWJ5LW11bGVzLW9uLXN0cmVldC13aXRoLWNvbW1lcmNpYWwtYnVpbGRpbmdzLThkMDNkMy02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[African Americans in wagons drawn by mules on street with commercial buildings in background]")
![[Two African American children feeding chickens in a fenced-in yard]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTAvdHdvLWFmcmljYW4tYW1lcmljYW4tY2hpbGRyZW4tZmVlZGluZy1jaGlja2Vucy1pbi1hLWZlbmNlZC1pbi15YXJkLWU1NGFiMC02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Two African American children feeding chickens in a fenced-in yard]")
![[African American men, women and children outside of church]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1tZW4td29tZW4tYW5kLWNoaWxkcmVuLW91dHNpZGUtb2YtY2h1cmNoLTY5YzY1My02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[African American men, women and children outside of church]")
![[African American man seated on stone wall and two girls on lawn in front of house in Georgia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1tYW4tc2VhdGVkLW9uLXN0b25lLXdhbGwtYW5kLXR3by1naXJscy1vbi1sYXduLWluLWZyb250LW9mLWE4NDZiYy02NDAuanBn/40/51/webp "[African American man seated on stone wall and two girls on lawn in front of house in Georgia]")
![[Three African Americans on porch, in Georgia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvdGhyZWUtYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbnMtb24tcG9yY2gtaW4tZ2VvcmdpYS0xNDU0YjQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Three African Americans on porch, in Georgia]")
