Photographic transparency 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 color transparency depicts a group of people viewed from between the end of two A frame shelters on the National Mall. Two individuals are seated by the front of the shelters. Sitting with their backs to the viewer, both wear shaggy white hats and grey coats, one lighter that the other. They sit on rectangle objects covered with sacks. They are turned slightly towards each other. Directly in front of them are three men, who also stand with their backs to the viewer. Two wear red long sleeve shirts, one wears brown pants and one wears blue. The third man wears a dark jacket and grey pants. The Washington Monument is visible in the background.

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