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John Lewis and Sister Mary Leoline Hand in Hand, Selma to Montgomery March

1965

Alabama, 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 digital image of a close-up of John Lewis and Sister Mary Leoline holding hands. Lewis stands on the left, wearing a light colored trench coat with a white lei. Sister Mary stands in the middle, wearing a nun's habit with a large silver cross necklace. Her other hand is reaching to the right toward an unidentified man wearing a dark overcoat and lei.

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Catalog reference: 2015.129.48

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