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Diane Nash, SCLC Convention

1962

Birmingham, West Midlands County, Alabama, 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 black-and-white digital image of Diane Nash at the podium with men and a woman sitting on either side of her in chairs. Nash stands in the center of the image behind the podium labeled [L.R. HALL/ AUDITORIUM] speaking into the microphone. She is wearing a plaid t-shirt dress and a pearl necklace. On the left, seated behind an empty chair, is a woman in a light jacket with dark lining and wearing a large necklace. On Nash's right, sit five men. The man nearest Nash is seated in the second row. He is wearing glasses, a dark suit, and tie. His right hand is resting in his lap. The man, in front of him to the right, is seated in a dark suit and tie and has his arms crossed in front of his chest. The man to his right is wearing a dark jacket and skinny tie.

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Catalog reference: 2015.129.11

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