# What famous photo is this (back of the bus)?

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**Created:** [March 10, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-photo-is-this-back-of-the-bus/160397 "2003-03-10T20:39:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-photo-is-this-back-of-the-bus/160397/1 "2003-03-10T20:39:04Z")

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I am looking for a famous photo fro the 1950s depicting racial segregation on a bus. All the subjects– an old woman, a young boy, a middle-aged black man– look straight in to the camera. Anyone know what I’m talking about, and where I can find it online?

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-photo-is-this-back-of-the-bus/160397/2 "2003-03-10T21:28:19Z")

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Well, [this](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/african/2000/1946_01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/african/2000/1940.htm&h=183&w=200&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbus%2Bsegregation%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3Dlang_en%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8) isn’t exactly what you described, but it might put you on the right track.