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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color transparency depicts a little girl sitting on a bouncy rocking horse. The little girl wears a white button down sweater over a red turtleneck and blue pants. The bouncy horse is outside under a tree. There is an A frame shelter in the background.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.263
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color transparency depicts the long side of an A frame shelter with a man standing in front of the entrance. The man standing sideways to the viewer, wears a green tee shirt and grey pants. He has his head turned away from the viewer. On the ground by…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.264
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color transparency depicts a man posing with three children. The man wears a white button down shirt under a blue blazer and khaki pants. He has sunglasses and a flat cap. There is a nametag on his left lapel with text that is illegible. He also has a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.265
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color transparency depicts Wallace 'Pops' Donaldson with a long grey beard, standing under a large tent. He wears a dark colored suit jacket and pants, over a grey-brown button down shirt. Donaldson has a wide brimmed hat on his head and holds a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.266
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This photographic slide depicts a group of men in denim shirts and pants, standing in a circle. Two men with grey cowboy hats stand with their back to the viewer. One man in profile to the viewer wears a white hat, while another man on the other side of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.267
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Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color transparency depicts a group of people viewed from between the end of two A frame shelters on the National Mall. Two individuals are seated by the front of the shelters. Sitting with their backs to the viewer, both wear shaggy white hats and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.268
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Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color transparency depicts a woman sitting on a folding chair in front of several A frame shelters. Wearing a sleeveless, pale colored dress, and sneakers,she sits with her ankles crossed and her head cocked to the right side. She holds a pile of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.269
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Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color transparency depicts two men standing outside a crowd next to a school bus. One man wears a white short sleeve shirt under a hip-length cream colored vest. He has dark colored pants, sandals, and a wide brimmed straw hat. He has a necklace with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.270
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Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color transparency depicts a woman surrounded by large cardboard boxes. Wearing a dark dress, she holds a pair or brown shoes in her left hand. She sits on a chair surrounded by four cardboard boxes, two if which are filled with shoes. There is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.271
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color transparency depicts a little girl sitting on a woman's lap. The little girl wears a yellow pattered dress. She has a large doll in a loose dress propped against her legs. The woman sits on a folding chair under a large tree, with her left arm…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.272
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Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color transparency depicts a woman sitting inside an A frame shelter. Wearing a striped short sleeve shirt over a patterned dress and grey sneakers, she holds an open book on her lap. She is sitting on a cot covered with blankets and personal…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.273
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color transparency depicts a woman sitting inside an A frame shelter. Wearing a striped short sleeve shirt over a patterned dress and grey sneakers, she holds an open book on her lap. She is sitting on a cot covered with blankets and personal belongings.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.274
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Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This photographic slide depicts a woman sitting inside an A frame shelter. She wears a dark blue cardigan over a black shirt, a light colors skirt, and sheer white scarf over her hair. She has glasses and a gold necklace. Seated on a folding cot, she has a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.275
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Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color transparency depicts men playing croquet on the National Mall. In the foreground are two young men holding croquet mallets. One man wears a navy blue shirt and khaki pants. He stands next to a wicket, and gazes at the second man, who wears khaki…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.276
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This photographic slide depicts Reverend Kirkpatrick strumming a guitar. Wearing a dark blue button down shirt over a tan shirt, he carries the guitar on a strap over his left shoulder. He is surrounded by a group of men who all gaze at sheets of paper…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.277
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color transparency depicts a man seated at the entrance to an A frame shelter. Wearing a green tee shirt, blue pants and black boots, he sits on a chair and rests his elbows on his knees. Part of the entrance is covered with a tarp. Within the shelter…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.278
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Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color transparency depicts a man tossing a small child through the air to another man. A group of four men stand on the National Mall in a loose circle. One man, wearing a dark jacket and grey pants, is in the act of tossing a small child into the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.279
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Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color transparency depicts a little girl in a striped shirt. The shirt has long sleeves and large red buttons down the front. The little girl gazes directly at the camera. She wears a nametag that is pinned to her shirt front with a safety pin. There…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.280
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Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color transparency depicts two men playing pool on the National Mall. One man, standing at the head of the pool table, wears a grey jacket and blue pants. He bends over the table with an object in his hands. Standing by the side of the pool table is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.281
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Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 13, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color transparency depicts five men standing next to an A frame shelter in Resurrection City. One of the men, wearing a hat, sleeveless white shirt, and dark pants, holds a paintbrush in his right hand. There is an open paint bucket by his feet. In…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.283
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Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This photographic transparency depicts a yellow school bus parked by the curb with five men's heads protruding from side windows and one man emerging from the door. The photograph is taken from the rear right side of the bus, looking towards the front.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.288
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BIOGRAPHY
Politics & Public Life

Phyll Opoku-Gyimah

1974–

Phyllis Akua Opoku-Gyimah (born November 1974), also known as Lady Phyll, is a British political activist known for her work for racial, gender and LGBT+ equality. She is co-founder and chief executive of UK Black Pride, executive director of DIVA Magazine…

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Science & Inventions

Phyllis Ann Wallace

1921–1993

Phyllis A. Wallace (June 9, 1921 – January 10, 1993) was an American economist and activist, as well as the first woman to receive a doctorate of economics at Yale University. Her work tended to focus on racial, as well as gender discrimination in the…

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Politics & Public Life

Phyllis Randall

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Phyllis Joycelyn Randall (born 1964 or 1965) is an American politician and mental-health therapist. A Democrat, she is chair at-large of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, Virginia, and the first African-American woman to chair a county board in…

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