Object Details
Created by
Unidentified
Subject of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
President John F. Kennedy, American, 1917 - 1963
Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968
Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
Description
Tenth (10) of twelve (12) painted plywood panels from the Resurrection City mural that was created and displayed in the encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. Depicted along the top edge of this panel is text in green paint. The complete phrase is: "I serve a risen savior who died / and was crucified so I might / have eternal life." The majority of the phrase is on this panel, although the text starts on the panel on the left and finishes on the panel on the right. At the center of this panel is a large red heart with text painted inside in red paint: "John the catholic / Martin the King / Robert the Samaritan / ... they bled / so we may live / and love." Around the heart is other text painted in green, black and yellow. This segment is from the lower right corner, third from the right.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vincent DeForest
Date
1968
Object number
2012.110.10
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Type
mural paintings
Medium
oil paint and ink on plywood
Dimensions
H x W x D: 75 x 48 x 1/2 in. (190.5 x 121.9 x 1.3 cm)
Place used
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
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Classification
Visual Arts
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
African American - Latinx Solidarity
Poor People's Campaign
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Activism
Art
Black geographies
Black power
Catholicism
Christianity
Faith
Freedom
Interfaith communities
Justice
Local and regional
Men
Poverty
Race relations
Resistance
U.S. History, 1961-1969
Women
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2012.110.10