Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Digital print of a Chicago Freedom Movement march
August 5, 1966; printed 2012
Marquette Park neighborhood, 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 Dr. King, Andrew Young and marchers escorted by Chicago police down a street. The photo is taken from above and shows a two-man crew with a large video camera in the foreground. The marchers are passing a store, Steven's Finer Meats, advertising "GROUND BEEF PATTIES 5 LBS FOR $2.95" and "GROUND TENDER LOINS 85 C LB." Several young men run alongside the march, attracting the attention of the police.
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Catalog reference: 2013.140.22
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