Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Digital print of protestors in front of a Chicago real estate office
July 10, 1966; printed 2012
Marquette Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
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 color photograph of men and women on a sidewalk with protest signs in front of real estate agency. The protest signs all pertain to equal housing. In front of the crowd are two police officers, in dark pants, light blue shirts and blue helmets, carrying wooden police batons. A 'No Parking' sign is on a pole in front of them and a Chicago Police truck is at the left edge of the frame.
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Catalog reference: 2013.140.10
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