Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

Object Details

Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968; Unidentified Child or Children; Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women

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 color slide depicts a family of six sitting outside a row of A frame shelters. Seated on ground on the left side of the image is a woman wearing a dark shirt, light pants, and a dark scarf over her hair. Seated on her lap is a little boy in a red and blue striped pants and dark pants. He holds a blue object up to his mouth with both hands. Next to the woman is a little girl kneeling on the ground wearing a white turtleneck and pink shorts. She has an African mask pendant around her neck. On the girl's other side is a boy kneeling on the ground, wearing white shirt and grey pants. In front of him squats a man in a yellow short sleeve sweater and khaki pants. Sitting on the ground between the little girl and the man is a little boy in the light colored top and blue pants. He holds an object in both hands and has two toy trucks on the ground in front of him. The slide mount has text on the reverse that reads "processed by/ rogers color lab corp. / new york."

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

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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

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