Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

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Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968; Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women; Black Star, American, founded 1935
Created by: Rogers Color Laboratory Corp., American, 1964 - 1996

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 and a woman hammering nails into an A frame shelter. Both have their backs to the viewer. The woman, kneeling on one knee, wears a yellow top and grey pants. Her hair is tied back with a scarf and she wears sandals. The man, standing next to her, wears a white team shirt with blue trim and khaki pants. He braces his left arm against the shelter wall while he hammers with his right. The woman hammers with her left hand. An incomplete A frame is in the foreground.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

Restrictions & Rights: © Robert Houston; Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Movement: African American - Latinx Solidarity; Poor People's Campaign

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Activism; Civil Rights; Housing; Local and regional; Photography; Politics; Poverty; U.S. History, 1961-1969

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d129c0c1-b8f8-4d8e-be9d-2dac4cdcf211