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Ichingcarpenter

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Thu Sep 24, 2015, 06:58 AM Sep 2015

The Jefferson County Courthouse Alabama, Swastikas and Slaves

Last edited Thu Sep 24, 2015, 07:41 AM - Edit history (1)

The Jefferson County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama. It was built in 1929








Outside the Building

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Murals inside the building




Detail of this one

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NAACP Calls For Removal Of Courthouse Mural Of ‘Blacks Picking Cotton At The Feet Of White Woman’


http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/09/23/3704683/alabama-courthouse-still-displays-mural-depicting-white-overseers-and-black-slaves/



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