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Girl with yellow scarf - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Object Details

Photograph by
Robert Houston, American, born 1935
Subject of
Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
Unidentified
Description
This image depicts a woman during the construction of Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. She is wearing a yellow cloth wrapped around her head. She is shown from the chest upwards, wearing a light grey button shirt, with an object hanging from a cloth strap around her neck. Wooden frames for temporary shelters are visible 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
2014.116.37
Restrictions & Rights
© Robert Houston
Type
portraits
digital images
digital media - born analog
Medium
digital
Dimensions
H x W: 3179pixels × 2157pixels
Place captured
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Portfolio/Series
Resurrection City
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
African American - Latinx Solidarity
Poor People's Campaign
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Activism
Civil Rights
Communities
Labor
Local and regional
Photography
Resistance
Social reform
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.116.37
Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
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GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5936e7cf3-a42f-4a4a-ad8e-83a26edb4497

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