"Tent City" family, Fayette County, TN

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A black-and-white photograph of Walker and Dorothy Mason with their five young children, in front of a tent in "Tent City," an encampment of African Americans displaced from their homes in retaliation for registering to vote. The encampment was located on the land of William Shepard Towles and lasted from 1960 to 1962. Walker stands on the left with Dorothy on the right, holding a blanket-wrapped infant in her arms. Between them stand three young children, with another on the other side of Walker holding a baby bottle. Behind them is a canvas tent.

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