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Voting Rights Protesters

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View down sidewalk of two male protestors wearing signs around their necks walking down a sidewalk in a Freedom Summer civil rights demonstration. The signs read "Register / One nation under God [...]" and "Voting is a right not a privilege / Register!"

Date Created:
1964
Creator:
Smith, Benjamin Eugene

Publication Information

Creator Smith, Benjamin Eugene
Date Created 1964

Physical Description

Format Image
Extent 1 photograph
Dimensions 13 x 11 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Benjamin Eugene Smith papers, 1955-1967
Call Number PH Mss 513
Catalog Record https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/9910198192802121
Finding Aid https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00513

Copyright Information

Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W0125PJ
Legacy ID
WHi 99234

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