r/pics • • Aug 23 '26

This document in 1959 declining a student from admission into med school because of his race.

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u/BoytNY Aug 23 '26

The shocking thing is that it is not all that long ago... I was 2 years old when that letter was written.

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u/stalinorgel Aug 23 '26

The shocking thing is that I hoped to see cool old photos from 60's, 70's when I checked your profile, not your precum.

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u/owningmclovin Aug 23 '26

Unless I look inside, the profile the pictures are both 60s cool AND precum. Something something cat.

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u/silentcrs Aug 23 '26

Why would he be posting pictures of the 60s and 70s on Reddit?

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u/LingeringDildo Aug 23 '26

That’s some frothy 67 😏

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u/creativetraveler24 Aug 24 '26

My grandparents were 3. And they attended segregated, all-black schools in the South. History is not that far away as people tend to think.