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Military Police Standing Guard during Delivery of Latrines for Marchers

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 line of Military Police standing watch over a delivery of latrines. The policemen stand in a line wearing helmets labeled [MP] and holding guns over their right shoulders. On the left of the image, a large truck has two sets of latrines. A group of men are shown holding the outer edge of the truck or standing a little back looking at the truck. Some of the ground by the truck has been overturned.

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Catalog reference: 2015.129.68

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