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In this detail of a 1889 print entitled “Scenes at the National Capitol During a Session of Congress,” Frank Leslie’s Illustrated documented the great interest of African Americans in observing Congress. Although no official segregation laws existed, in practice the visitors’ galleries in both the House and Senate were segregated by gender and race.
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, March 9, 1889, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives
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