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Carol Ruth Silver marker
Photographer: Mark Hilton
Taken: October 15, 2023
Caption: Carol Ruth Silver marker
Additional Description: There comes a point where it is no longer sufficient to stand up and say "I believe"...one must prove it by actions.

Carol Ruth Silver
Freedom Rider
Age 22 Home New York, New York
Occupation Secretary and Clerk United Nations

Photo caption:
Left "Colored" signs in public transportation facilities, such as this bus station in Durham, North Carolina, in 1940, marked segregation boundaries for Black travelers.
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, LC-DIG-ppmsc-00199.
Submitted: October 15, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
Database Locator Identification Number: p754824
File Size: 2.978 Megabytes

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