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@ The Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama

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Description

Mobile's African Americans started their own parading organization, then known as the Colored Carnival Association, in 1939. In this image from 1972, a young man looks on as a float from the renamed Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association parade gets ready to roll.
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Image
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Jpeg
Contributors:
Mobile Press Register
Created Date:
1972
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University of South Alabama, McCall Library

Record Contributed By

The Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Alabama
  3. Carnivals
  4. Children
  5. Festivals
  6. Floats
  7. Mardi Gras
  8. Masks
  9. Mobile
  10. Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association
  11. Social Life And Customs
  12. Sports And Recreation

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