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Vera Jackson

(Wichita, Kansas, 1911 - 1999, Corona, California)

Picketing in Los Angeles

1948 (printed 1996)

Gelatin silver print

6 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (17.3 x 22.4 cm)

Collection of the Akron Art Museum

Gift of the artist

1996.7

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The young man at the right is the artist’s son, who accompanied her on this assignment to cover a protest against discrimination in employment.

Keywords
Posters
Political demonstrations
African American
Civil Rights
American
Black and White
Picket signs