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Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, 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.

This color transparency depicts a little girl in a striped shirt. The shirt has long sleeves and large red buttons down the front. The little girl gazes directly at the camera. She wears a nametag that is pinned to her shirt front with a safety pin. There is a crowd of children and adults in the background.

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Catalog reference: 2015.245.280

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