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A digital print of sign protesting a Chicago Freedom Movement march

August 5, 1966; printed 2012

Marquette Park, 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 a protest sign in front of a Chicago police van. The handmade sign, held by a person out of the frame, reads "We will not / stand for your / inciting violence / Red King / Down with forced houseing" [sic]. Only the top of the head and the hand of the person holding the sign are visible. The person has red hair and wears a wedding ring.

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Catalog reference: 2013.140.26

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