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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, 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 color slide depicts a family of six sitting outside a row of A frame shelters. Seated on ground on the left side of the image is a woman wearing a dark shirt, light pants, and a dark scarf over her hair. Seated on her lap is a little boy in a red and blue striped pants and dark pants. He holds a blue object up to his mouth with both hands. Next to the woman is a little girl kneeling on the ground wearing a white turtleneck and pink shorts. She has an African mask pendant around her neck. On the girl's other side is a boy kneeling on the ground, wearing white shirt and grey pants. In front of him squats a man in a yellow short sleeve sweater and khaki pants.

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Catalog reference: 2015.245.242

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