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Lewis "Big June" Marshall Carrying the U.S. Flag, Selma to Montgomery March

March 21, 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.

This black and white image depicts a young man shown from the chest up. He wears a dark jacket, with a button down striped shirt and a white shirt layered underneath. Holding an upright American flag, he gazes straight ahead, past the photographer. The flag wraps around behind him, billowing against his left shoulder.

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Catalog reference: 2015.129.76

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