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Demonstrators gather on the steps of the North Carolina State Capitol.

Demonstrators gather on the steps of the North Carolina State Capitol. The photo is taken at the conference to discuss the "Negro Protest Movement".

Virginia Walker is in the back row, behind and to the right of the man wearing sunglasses.

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Demonstrators gather on the steps of the North Carolina State Capitol.

Photograph by Jim Wallace made on July 3, 1963.

Citation: Jim Wallace, “Demonstrators gather on the steps of the North Carolina State Capitol.,” From the Rock Wall, accessed November 22, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/images/demonstrators-gather-on-the-steps-of-the-north-carolina-state-capitol.

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