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Draft Card, Thomas N. Thornton, 1941

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Draft card of Thomas N. Thornton. As a new Senate employee in 1947, Thornton (a veteran of World War II) challenged racial discrimination in the Senate dining facilities.
credit: National Archives and Records Administration, via Ancestry.com

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