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Voter Registration at a Kitchen Table, Mississippi

1963-1964; printed 2008

Mississippi, 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.

A black-and-white photograph of the interior of a house. There are two African American women at a kitchen table. One woman is sitting while the other is leaning over to read something on the table. There is a thin table cloth on the table along with some books and bowls. There is a refrigerator and a cupboard visible behind the women as well as an open door leading into another room. There is sunlight streaming into the room from a window to the left of the women. The print is signed [Charles Moore] on the back in pencil.

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Catalog reference: 2011.49.10

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