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Raphael Lemkin arrived in the United States on 18 April 1941. From the first the auguries were good, the harbinger of countless kindlinesses he was to receive from individuals. To reach Duke University in North Carolina, Lemkin embarked on a three day journey, changing trains at Chicago. The train stopped at Lynchburg, Virginia, where he noticed in the rest rooms of the station signs, stating “‘For Whites” and “For Colored”’. When he innocently asked a black porter if there were special facilities for blacks, his question was ignored, and it was only years later that Lemkin appreciated how rude he must have appeared and that the porter no doubt believed that he was trying to poke fun of him.1
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Cooper, J. (2008). Early Years in the United States. In: Raphael Lemkin and the Struggle for the Genocide Convention. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582736_4
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