Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

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This photographic slide depicts a man and a woman hammering nails into an A frame shelter. Both have their backs to the viewer. The woman, kneeling on one knee, wears a yellow top and grey pants. Her hair is tied back with a scarf and she wears sandals. The man, standing next to her, wears a white team shirt with blue trim and khaki pants. He braces his left arm against the shelter wall while he hammers with his right. The woman hammers with her left hand. An incomplete A frame is in the foreground.

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