Plywood panel mural from Resurrection City
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Coretta Scott King, American, 1927 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, American, 1926 - 1990
label: Subject of
content: Che Guevara, Argentine, 1928 - 1967
label: Subject of
content: Emiliano Zapata, Mexican, 1879 - 1919
label: Subject of
content: Pancho Villa, Mexican, 1878 - 1923
label: Subject of
content: Joaquin Murrieta, Mexican, c. 1829 - c. 1853
label: Subject of
content: National Liberation Front, active 1954 - 1976
label: Subject of
content: Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, Chinese, 1893 - 1976
label: Subject of
content: President John F. Kennedy, American, 1917 - 1963
label: Subject of
content: Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Malcolm X, American, 1925 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
notes: label: Description
content: This is a mural, comprised of twelve (12) painted plywood panels, that was created and displayed in the Resurrection City encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. The panels were installed together, four panels (4) horizontally across the top and eight (8) panels installed vertically on the bottom, to form a thirty-two (32) foot long wall. The boards were painted by Resurrection City activists with slogans, quotes and art. Painted text at the top of the panel reads: [Hunger's Wall: Tell It Like It Is].
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Poverty
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: Movement
content: African American - Latinx Solidarity
label: Movement
content: Poor People's Campaign
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vincent DeForest
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.110
objectType: label: Type
content: mural paintings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: oil paint and ink on plywood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (overall): 123 × 384 × 1/2 in. (312.4 × 975.4 × 1.3 cm)