Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign
date: label: Date
content: May 13, 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
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Created by
content: Rogers Color Laboratory Corp., American, 1964 - 1996
notes: label: Caption
content: 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.
label: Description
content: This color slide depicts a group of six individuals standing in Resurrection City on the National Mall. On the left side of the image is a man in a dark grey suit wearing a grey-brown fedora. He stands in profile to the viewer. Standing next to him, also in profile, is a woman in a blue suit. She carries a black purse and wears a white patterned head wrap. In the center of the image is another man and woman, the man standing with his arm around the woman's shoulders. The woman wears a green patterned dress under a khaki trench coat. The man wears denim overalls over a blue shirt, and wears a denim jacket and a tan hat. On the right side of the image is a third couple; the man wears black pants, a black jacket, and black beret. The jacket's left sleeve has a white armband with a red cross on it. He stands in profile to the viewer. Standing next to him is a woman in an orange and grey patterned jacket, with blue hat and blue patterned skirt. Behind the group are rows of A frame shelters. The Washington Monument is partially visible in the background. The slide mount has text on the reverse that reads "processed by/ rogers color lab corp. / new york."
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: Black geographies
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Housing
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Poverty
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: 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: 2015.245.234
objectType: label: Type
content: color slides
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: reversal film and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)