Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This photographic slide depicts tables of clothing set up outside. The tables are folding tables covered with piles of clothing. There are people standing among the tables. In the foreground is a man standing with his back to the viewer. He wears a white shirt and dark pants. Beyond him is a group of four women in a uniform of light blue dresses and matching pill box hats gathered around a table. There is a temporary fence that separates the tables from the parked cars and a van in the background. The van is red and white with text that reads "Tri-Foam/ Sleep Products/ You'll Like It." The slide mount has text on the reverse that reads "processed by/ rogers color lab corp. / new york."

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