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Digital image of protesters embraced in a hug

April 25, 2015

Baltimore, Maryland, 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 digital image depicts four protesters embraced in a hug. The man with his back to the camera is hugging three other men. His head is down. The man on the left has his arm around him and is wearing a jacket that says [CHAPLAIN] in white letters on the back. He is wearing a baseball cap, eyeglasses and a blue tooth device in his right ear. The man next to him is wearing a fitted cap and his light-colored jacket sleeve is visible. The man facing the camera has his left arm extended toward the camera. He is wearing a fitted cap. There is a man in a reverend collar in the background on the far left. 46.

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Catalog reference: 2016.61.8

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