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John Lewis, Sister Mary Leoline, and Father Theodore Gill, 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 John Lewis, Sister Mary Leoline, and Father Theodore Gil in discussion while standing in the rain. Lewis stands on the left, in profile, facing Father Gill. He is wearing a rain coat with the hood covering his head. His hands are held in front and shown in motion. Father Gil holds an umbrella over himself and Sister Mary. Sister Mary is wearing a nun's habit and raincoat, her hands are also held in front of her shown in motion. Father Gil is wearing a clerical collar, raincoat, and has his hands clasped together around the umbrella. Additional men can be seen in the background wearing raincoats standing under umbrellas.

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Catalog reference: 2015.129.72

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