Object Details
Photograph by
Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
Subject of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
Caption
This slide is part of a collection of 35mm slides encapsulating Robert Houston's full portfolio of images related to the Poor People's Campaign and the antipoverty protest camp on the National Mall. Known as "Resurrection City," the camp lasted for six weeks in the spring of 1968.
Description
This black and white photographic print depicts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a podium. Shown in profile, he faces the wooden podium looking straight ahead. Two microphones are mounted on top of the podium, one at each side. He wears a light grey pin stripe suit and dark tie. The background of the photograph is dark. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Date
October 1967
Object number
2015.245.4
Restrictions & Rights
© Robert Houston
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Type
gelatin silver prints
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 10 11/16 × 13 3/8 in. (27.1 × 33.9 cm)
H x W (sheet): 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Place depicted
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Portfolio/Series
At Boston Garden
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Activism
Civil Rights
Photography
Social reform
U.S. History, 1961-1969
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2015.245.4