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Colorfully painted garages near the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, United States, pictured on April 18, 2013. The theme of the paintings is the history of the African American population in the United States. From left to right: 'Education is the Key to Control our Destiny', Egyptian origin, slave trade, civil war, Voting Rights Act, 'Hands that picked cotton picked a President'. The paintings don't make any reference to the time after the first African American president was elected. The 'black whole' stands for the future development, since a president with an African American background does not necessarily fundamentally change the situation of economically defined population sectors. (KEYSTONE/Simon Tanner) Bemalte Garagenfront bei der Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, USA. Das Thema ist die Geschichte der afro-amerikanischen Bevölkerung in den USA. .v.l.n.r: 'Education is the Key to Control Our Destiny', aegyptische Herkunft, Sklavenhandel, Buergerkrieg, Voting Rights Act, 'Hands that picked cotton picked a President'. Was die Zeit nach dem ersten afro-amerikanischen Praesidenten betrifft, gibt das Garagengemaelde keine Auskunft. Das 'schwarze Loch' als Sinnbild für die zukuenftige Entwicklung. Die Tatsache eines Praesidenten mit afro-amerikanischen Hintergrund aendert ja nicht grundsätzlich die Situation von oekonomisch definierten Bevoelkerungsschichten. (KEYSTONE/Simon Tanner)