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The Wall, August 1967 (Wall of Respect)

August 1967

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 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 photograph depicts a large mural painted on the side of a two story building. The mural is broken into six segments, three across the top, and three across the bottom. Each section features various figures engaged in sports, music, and community activism. The mural faces a street with parked cars and a large dumpster in the lower left corner. A man walks down the street in front of the mural.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2017.23

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