<I>Resurrection City: Untitled</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1968; printed September 2017
name: label: Photograph by
content: Jill Freedman, American, born 1939
label: Subject of
content: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Reies Tijerina, Mexican American, 1926 - 2015
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Caption
content: Reies Tijerina, an Indo-Hispano activist who led a land repatriation movement, is surrounded by newspaper reporters and activists during the Poor People’s Campaign. Protesters hold signs that read “WE WANT OUR LAND BACK!,” “JUSTICE IS OUR CREED: Tijerina,” and “GET OFF OUR LAND”.
label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Reies Tijerina surrounded by supporters and reporters. Supporters hold signs that read [We / WANT / OUR / LAND / BACK!] and [a / TREATY / is the / SUPREME / LAW OF THE / LAND]. Reporters hold hand microphones, and a boom microphone and camera are also visible. The print is signed on the back in graphite [Jill Freedman].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Black geographies
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Poverty
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
setName: label: See more items in
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: 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.81.18
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Jill Freedman
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin and photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 8 11/16 × 12 15/16 in. (22 × 32.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 7/8 × 14 in. (27.7 × 35.6 cm)