Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

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This color slide depicts a group of six individuals standing in Resurrection City on the National Mall. On the left side of the image is a man in a dark grey suit wearing a grey-brown fedora. He stands in profile to the viewer. Standing next to him, also in profile, is a woman in a blue suit. She carries a black purse and wears a white patterned head wrap. In the center of the image is another man and woman, the man standing with his arm around the woman's shoulders. The woman wears a green patterned dress under a khaki trench coat. The man wears denim overalls over a blue shirt, and wears a denim jacket and a tan hat. On the right side of the image is a third couple; the man wears black pants, a black jacket, and black beret.

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