Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

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Object Details

Photograph by

Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021

Subject of

Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968

Unidentified Child or Children

Unidentified Man or Men

Unidentified Woman or Women

Created by

Rogers Color Laboratory Corp., American, 1964 - 1996

Commissioned by

Black Star, American, founded 1935

Manufactured by

Unidentified

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 photographic slide depicts a man sitting next to a woman holding a young child. The man is pictured in profile, seated to the right of frame, wearing a grey suit. He rests his elbows on his knees and holds a short cigarette between his fingers. Next to him, in center frame, is the woman, wearing a light colored top and blue jeans, her grey hair pulled back from her face. The child, wearing a long sleeve red shirt and blue and white patterned overalls, sits in the woman's lap holding a baby bottle. Behind them, the legs of a person seated on a platform are visible.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

Object number

2015.245.61

Restrictions & Rights

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Type

color slides

Medium

reversal film and plastic

Dimensions

H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)

Place depicted

National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Movement

African American - Latinx Solidarity

Poor People's Campaign

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Activism

Black geographies

Civil Rights

Families

Housing

Local and regional

Photography

Politics

Poverty

U.S. History, 1961-1969

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59361c0f5-f4fa-4a64-a851-181806163cc2

Record ID

nmaahc_2015.245.61