Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Digital print of a crowd running during 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 a crowd of men, some running, moving down a street. A policeman in a light blue uniform shirt and helmet stands to the right and watches the crowd pass by. As they run, the crowd passes a green and yellow Lavery Transportation, Inc. semi-truck. Behind them are small, one and two story buildings and various business signs, including Standard, Clark, Polk Bros, A.B.C. Dinettes, and Mark Realty Co.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2013.140.28
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