Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Portrait of a graduation ceremony
1948 - 1970s
Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, 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 a man making a speech at a graduation ceremony. He is standing at a podium wearing a dark robe in front of two microphones. In front of the podium is an arrangement of flowers. Directly behind him sits five women with graduation robes on and to his left sits a man and a woman.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2012.137.7.5
