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Museum object · gelatin silver prints

Black Delegates Challenge Mississippi Democrats

1964

Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

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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 Ella Baker speaking into a microphone and gesturing with her left hand. In the background there is a large portrait of Michael ‘Mickey’ Schwerner.

Catalog date
1964
Recorded places
Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; Civil Rights; Oratory; Photography; Politics; Suffrage; U.S. History, 1961-1969

Sources & collection details

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: 2012.107.2

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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