Children in School Desk Creek County Oklahoma February 1940

Two children sit at a desk in a school in Creek County, Oklahoma, in February 1940. The girl in the foreground is the daughter of Pomp Hall, a tenant farmer. This image illustrates the educational environment for African American students during the 1940s. In this period, schools often faced limited resources and segregation.

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