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Portrait of a graduation ceremony

1948 - 1970s

Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, 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 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 reference: 2012.137.7.5

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