African American School Children 1910 Segregation Black Civil Rights Alabama

DETAILS: Original cabinet card photograph of an African American class along with their teacher. We believe that the photograph was taken in Alabama at the turn-of-the-century.

Of the children are smiling, a testament to the harsh life that children suffered under segregation and the Jim Crow laws that were passed to enforce it. The sad truth is that these children were the lucky few whose parents were. To send them to school. For the vast majority of black children at the time, an education at school was a luxury that they never experienced in their lifetime.

Photograph measures 9" x 7" inches. GUARANTEE: We offer a lifetime guarantee on all of our photographs to be authentic originals and as stated. They are not later re-issues or reproductions. We forensically examine all of our photos prior to listing to make certain they are authentic and guarantee their authenticity for the lifetime of the item. Oxxbridge Galleries was founded in 1987 and specializes in vintage paper items with a large selection of historical and 19th Century tintypes, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, as well as other types of early photography.

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