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Digital print of a crowd running during a Chicago Freedom Movement march

August 5, 1966; printed 2012

Marquette Park neighborhood, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 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 color photograph of a crowd of men, some running, moving down a street. A policeman in a light blue uniform shirt and helmet stands to the right and watches the crowd pass by. As they run, the crowd passes a green and yellow Lavery Transportation, Inc. semi-truck. Behind them are small, one and two story buildings and various business signs, including Standard, Clark, Polk Bros, A.B.C. Dinettes, and Mark Realty Co.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2013.140.28

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