Concerned crowd MLK button

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A black-and-white photograph of two women in a crowd during the Poor People's Campaign. The image depicts a large crowd with two women in the foreground, both with distraught facial expressions. The woman on the proper right is wearing a brimmed hat and a plaid shirt. She is also wearing a round pinback button with a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. The woman on the proper right has a dark dress on. Her proper right arm is across the chest of the woman on the left. The faces in the crowd appear to be concerned. There is a thin black border around the image with a white border on the outside. The photograph is signed "Laura Jones" on the proper left side under the image. The black of the photograph is blank.

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