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Digital print of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Chicago Freedom Movement rally

July 10, 1966; printed 2012

Soldier Field, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 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 color photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a podium with multiple microphones. He gazes downward at the podium. A hand holding a patterned umbrella, in focus, is visible at the left edge of the image. In the background, is a crowd of people, including a woman in a red shirt holding a black umbrella, and two men wearing glasses.

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Catalog reference: 2013.140.2

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