Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

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This color transparency depicts five men standing next to an A frame shelter in Resurrection City. One of the men, wearing a hat, sleeveless white shirt, and dark pants, holds a paintbrush in his right hand. There is an open paint bucket by his feet. In front of him is the side of an A frame shelter with painted text and designs on it in white and red paint. Next to him are two men facing each other, both in sleeveless dark shirts and blue pants. One man, wearing a cloth on his head, has his back to the viewer. Another man in a white shirt and blue pants stands perpendicular to them, with a hammer tucked into his belt. A man in a red shirt and orange pants approaches the group from the right-hand side of the image.

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