Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
The Way of Life of the Northern Negro: Untitled
1946-1948
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black-and-white photograph of two African American girls seated at a table with their hands together in prayer, and at the right side of the image the hands of a standing nun are also together in prayer. In the background another three African American children are sitting and praying.
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Catalog reference: 2009.24.32
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