<I>Men with plastic at tent - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. – 1968</I>
date: label: Date
content: May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
name: label: Photograph by
content: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: This image depicts four men building an A-frame tent in Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. Two of the men, both wearing hats and jackets, stand on the tent's slanting wooden sides, one man on each side. They hold the large sheet of plastic to the top pf the wood frame while two men on the ground hold the sheet flat against the wall. One man on the ground, wearing a yellow shirt and dark hat, stretches his left hand and gazes towards one of the men on the slanting wall. Both men on the ground stand with their back to the viewer. There is another yellow tent in the background.
place: label: Place captured
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black geographies
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Social reform
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Resurrection City
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
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 Robert and Greta Houston
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.116.36
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: digital media - born analog
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Robert Houston
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3179 pixels × 2157 pixels, 39.27 MB