Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign
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
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Black Star, American, founded 1935
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 photographic slide depicts a man wearing a traditional Native American headdress. The headdress is made of red, white and blue feathers, with a beaded headband. He wears a light blue shirt with red and blue stripes and tan pants. He wears a decorative ceremonial apron of a red bird on a black field. The black apron is edged in yellow fringe. It is held around the waist by a wide decorated belt with two large silver disks in front. In front of him is a woman in a blue sweater carrying a white purse. Standing in profile to the viewer, she holds out her hands to a small child standing in front of her. The child, standing with his back to the viewer, wears a blue blazer and a blue and white hat. In the background are a group of people and a partially constructed A frame. The slide mount has text on the reverse that reads "processed by/ rogers color lab corp./ new york."
place: label: Place depicted
content: National Mall, 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: American Indian Movements
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: 2015.245.158
objectType: label: Type
content: color slides
label: Type
content: portraits
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)