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Photograph of David Banner in front of a Mississippi Welcomes you sign on I-20

March 26, 2003; printed later

Mississippi, 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 color photograph of the rapper, David Banner, posing in front of a “Mississippi Welcomes You” sign on Interstate-20 in Mississippi. Banner is wearing a white cut-off tee-shirt with the text [Mississippi / State] printed on the front, jeans with black and gold patches sewn on the front, and a headband with partially obscured text that reads [MISSISSIPPI] on the front, though only some of the letters can be seen. On the back is an inscription written by Bill Adler with the subject, date, and photographer's name.

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Catalog reference: 2015.132.139

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