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Rev. Kirkpatrick and friends - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

African American Museum

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Object Details

Photograph by

Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021

Subject of

Rev. Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, American, 1933 - 1986
Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Woman or Women

Description

This image depicts the Reverend Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick in Resurrection City playing the guitar with another man, while a woman standing between them claps her hands. Kirkpatrick, on the right, wears a dark denim jacket over a button down shirt and dark pants. He holds a guitar with a strap over his left shoulder and strums with his right hand. Facing opposite him is a man in a light colored short sleeve shirt and dark trousers, also holding a guitar. It is slung over his left shoulder as he strums with his right hand. Standing between the two men, facing the viewer, is a woman in a light colored sweatshirt and light pants. Her sweatshirt has large letters that read "MILWAUK.../N.A.A.C..../YOUTH COUNCIL." She wears a large button on her right shoulder that reads "FREEDOM." Crowds of onlookers stand in the background. The Washington Monument can be seen in the distance.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Date

May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

Object number

2014.116.42

Restrictions & Rights

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

Type

digital images
digital media - born analog

Medium

digital

Dimensions

H x W: 5140 pixels × 5205 pixels, 51.06 MB

Place captured

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

See more items in

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Portfolio/Series

Resurrection City

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

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
Black geographies
Civil Rights
Communities
Local and regional
Photography
Resistance
Social reform

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd519920678-2afe-46d3-9af6-c4d56b7fca96

Record ID

nmaahc_2014.116.42

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