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Photographic slide of participants at a New York Gay Pride Parade

1980s

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A color photographic slide depicting participants at a gay rights demonstration, taken from within the crowd. Shown from the shoulders up, the image features the backs of the men in front of the photographer. From left to right is a white man in a red tank…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2019.38.1.1.1.1
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Photographic slide of participants at a New York Gay Pride Parade

1980s

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A color photographic slide depicting several individuals standing at a New York Gay Pride Parade. At the top left corner is a bunch of red helium balloons. An American flag is at the center of the image, next to black speaker boxes, with multi-colored…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2019.38.1.1.1.12
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Photographic slide of Phil Wilson speaking

1995

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A color photographic slide of activist Phil Wilson standing in front of a podium, speaking into a microphone. He is wearing a brown jacket, with a beige spotted sweater and a white shirt underneath it. On his right lapel is a circular button with a black…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2019.38.1.1.1.10
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Photographic slide of Poet Essex Hemphill playing chess

1981

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A color photographic slide featuring poet Essex Hemphill sitting in front of a chess board. The photograph was captured at a celebration for the second anniversary of Blacklight magazine in Washington, DC. Hemphill dons a white shirt with white buttons and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2019.38.1.1.1.8
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Photographic slide of Tania Abdulahad with a Sapphire Sapphos banner

1980-1981

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A color photographic slide depictingTania Abdulahad standing next to Sapphire Sapphos banner. Abdulahadl stands in front of a fence with a black sign just to her left. She wears a white t-shirt with a logo on the left side. The logo consists of concentric…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2019.38.1.1.1.9
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Photographic slide of the first March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights

October 14, 1979

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A color photographic slide depicting demonstrators standing by a "Comité Homosexual Latinoamericano" banner during the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. In the center of the image, a yellow banner with the words [COMITE…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2019.38.1.1.1.7
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 13, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color slide depicts an elderly man with a cane seated on a cardboard box next to a little girl seated on a suitcase in Resurrection City. The man wears a grey suit over a brown shirt. He has thick grey mustache, a brown hat and a cane resting against…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.115
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This photographic slide depicts Eunice Kennedy Shriver and a young man working on building a temporary structure. Shriver is seated on the ground, hammering a nail into a large a sheet of plywood. She wears a yellow coat over a patterned dress. Next to her…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.132
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 13, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This photographic slide depicts two rows of A frame shelters in Resurrection City on the National Mall. The A frames are composed of wood and yellow plastic sheeting. They stand in two long rows with a wide open area between them that is filled with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.15
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 13, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This photographic slide depicts a person walking through a flooded area in front of A frame shelters in Resurrection City. Wearing a grey trench coat and tall rain boots, the individual has their back to the viewer. They have a plastic hood on their head.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.154
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This photographic slide depicts a man wearing a traditional Native American headdress. The headdress is made of red, white and blue feathers, with a beaded headband. He wears a light blue shirt with red and blue stripes and tan pants. He wears a decorative…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.158
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 13, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This photographic slide depicts three women with newspapers standing at the entrance to an A frame shelter in Resurrection City. One woman, standing in profile to the viewer, wears a grey long sleeve top and dark pants. She holds an open umbrella and a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.175
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This photographic slide depicts a flooded A frame shelter. Composed of plastic sheeting and plywood, the shelter has a bar of wood over the entrance. A piece of wood shaped as an irregular triangle rests on the bar. It has the word "STAFF" in red text.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.176
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 13, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color slide depicts three small children in front of an A-frame shelter in Resurrection City. A little girl in a patchwork skirt and white blouse holds a half-eaten apple up to her open mouth with her left hand. She is in profile but turns her head to…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.18
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This photographic slide depicts a man and woman holding the hands of a small child, walking through a muddy Resurrection City. The woman wears a knee-length red coat and white head scarf, the child wears a hooded brown coat and brown boots, and the man…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.184
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This photographic slide depicts a man and a woman hammering nails into an A frame shelter. Both have their backs to the viewer. The woman, kneeling on one knee, wears a yellow top and grey pants. Her hair is tied back with a scarf and she wears sandals.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.198
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 13, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color slide depicts a little girl playing with a toy on the grass. She wears a blue and white plaid shirt over a brown and black striped skirt as she bends over the toy. The toy is a tall yellow, white, green, red, and purple ladder-like object that…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.20
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 13, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color slide depicts a man cutting a seated man's hair in Resurrection City. In the foreground is a seated young man with a striped barber's cloth draped around his neck. He sits turned three-quarters away from the viewer. Standing in front of him is a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.218
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 13, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color slide depicts a man, Eugene E. White, and an unidentified woman standing outdoors holding up a large painting in Resurrection City. Squatting to one side of the painting, White wears a black beret and a dark shirt under a black leather jacket…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.229
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 13, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color slide depicts a group of six individuals standing in Resurrection City on the National Mall. On the left side of the image is a man in a dark grey suit wearing a grey-brown fedora. He stands in profile to the viewer. Standing next to him, also…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.234
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color slide depicts a woman leaning a large piece of plywood against her back. Wearing a brown pattered dress, she faces the viewer with the plywood leaning against her upper back and shoulders. She has a crucifix around her neck and a large circular…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.241
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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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…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.242
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This photographic slide depicts Dizzy Gillespie standing on a stage with a band. Wearing a navy blue shirt and red pants, he holds his trumpet in his right hand. To his right is a man dressed in a grey suit and tie, seated behind a drum set. Behind him are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.243
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color slide depicts a large crowd listening to a concert in front of the Lincoln Memorial. A wooden stage is set up in front of the Memorial. On it is an ensemble of musicians including a pianist is seated in front of a grand piano, a percussionist, a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.244
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