Plywood panel from a mural at Resurrection City
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
notes: label: Description
content: First (1) of twelve (12) painted plywood panels from the Resurrection City mural that was created and displayed in the encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. Depicted on this panel is a partial portrait of a bearded man, wearing a black and red striped shirt and green overalls, facing to the proper right with arm outstretched. In the upper left corner painted in red is: "BROTHERS / AND / SISTERS / HUNGER / IS REAL [underlined] / AND YOU BETTER / BELIEVE IT! DIG." Along the top edge is the beginning of the phrase "HUNGER'S WALL" in large black capital letters. Along the bottom edge is the text "PROBE THE DRUM" in orange, purple and green. This segment is the upper left corner panel, and the beginning of the series of four (4) panels that form the top portion of the Hunger Wall.
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 geographies
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
label: Exhibition
content: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053
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: 2012.110.1
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: 48 x 96 x 1/2 in. (121.9 x 243.8 x 1.3 cm)