Jesse Jackson - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968
Object Details
- Subject of
- Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, born 1941
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Photograph by
- Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
- Description
- This image depicts Reverend Jesse Jackson in Resurrection City. Jackson is pictured in profile. Wearing a dark blue shirt, open at the neck, with a necklace of square wooden beads, he gazes to the viewer's left. There are several indistinct individuals in the background.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
- May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
- Object number
- 2014.116.43
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Robert Houston
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- portraits
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3181 pixels × 2177 pixels, 39.66 MB
- Place depicted
- 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
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Black geographies
- Civil Rights
- Communities
- Local and regional
- Photography
- Resistance
- Social reform
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.116.43
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c53bec22-7925-43f4-9d60-ad43c97b55f1
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