Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Marchers Settling Down for the Night, Selma to Montgomery March
1965
Alabama, 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 digital image of the inside of a tent lined with blankets, sleeping bags, and inflatable pool floats. Men and boys can be seen sitting or lying down on the central sleeping area. Seven men can be seen standing in the background. Clothes lines are tied along the center of tent and are holding clothes. The edges of the image are dark.
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Catalog reference: 2015.129.69
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