Reading time at the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Educational Fund

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A digital print depicting a black-and-white image of several children seated on the floor of a classroom in Manhattan, New York. Sitting with legs criss-crossed and with their heads down, they are each reading from their own copy of an illustrated children’s book titled “Boats.” In the upper left quadrant is a table and someone sitting on it. In the bottom left quadrant, two children are sharing a book with an adult. There are no inscriptions on the print, front or back.

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