PPC sign and crowd at Dept of Agriculture

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A black-and-white photograph of Jesse Jackson, Hosea Williams, and a crowd standing in front of the US Department of Agriculture building during a Poor People's Campaign protest. There is a white fabric sign hanging in front of the windows with paint on it. it reads [POOR - PEOPLE'S / CAMPAIGN]. There is a silhouette of the United States in the center with black and white doves flying around it and holding olive branches in their beaks. There is a large group of people standing in front of the sign. One man is holding the sign on the proper right side. Several people in the front are crossing their arms in front of them, including Hosea Lorenzo Williams in the short sleeve jumpsuit, a woman with a white shirt, plaid skirt, and brimmed hat, and Jesse Jackson in the collared shirt. He is holding something in his proper left hand and under his proper left arm.

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