Color slide of Harry Belafonte performing at a fundraiser at Boston Garden
date: label: Date
content: October 27, 1967
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: Harry Belafonte Jr., American, 1927 - 2023
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Black Star, American, founded 1935
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 Harry Belafonte on stage. Standing in profile to the viewer he wears a dark suit over a dark shirt. He holds a microphone in his hands in front of him. Behind him is a band seated on low risers.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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: 2015.245.261
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 plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)