Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Marchers Settling at Camp, Selma to Montgomery March
1965
Alabama, 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 black-and-white digital image of two young men holding up an American flag while a group of men, women, and children gather on the lawn in front of them. The young man on the right of the image is shown in profile holding up the edge of the flag. He is wearing a grey sweat-shirt and looking down. The man on the other side of the flag stands holding the pole. He is wearing a flat cap and white sneakers. The majority of men, women, and children directly in front of the flag are seated on the ground. One man in the center of the image is holding up his camera to take a photograph of the men and flags. The rest of the crowd in the background stand in groups.
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Catalog reference: 2015.129.64
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