Peace Brother at Dept of Agriculture

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A black-and-white photograph of a crowd in front of the Department of Agriculture building during a Poor People's Campaign protest. Jesse Jackson and Ralph D. Abernathy are in the background, at the front of the crowd. The rest of the crowd is facing them, with their backs turned towards the camera. There are several long poles with microphones on them, pointing towards the front of the crowd. There is a man in the foreground in the center of the image. He is wearing a white brimmed hat with an infinity sign on it and a jacket which reads [PEACE / BROTHER / CAPT] on the back. There is a thick white border around the image. It is signed [Laura Jones] in blue ink on the proper left side, under the image. The back of the photograph is blank.

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