Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

Object Details

Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, born 1935
Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
Commissioned by: Black Star, American, founded 1935
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men; Rev. Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, American, 1933 - 1986
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 color slide depicts the Reverend Kirkpatrick playing a guitar in the middle of a group of men. Seated, he wears a white short sleeve button down shirt, and has his blue denim jacket folded on the table in front of him. He has his eyes closed as he strums the guitar. He is surrounded by a group of men who sit and stand around him. Many of the men are clapping their hands. 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; Music; Photography; Politics; Poverty; U.S. History, 1961-1969

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