<I>Lincoln impersonator “Abe” Fortas Johnson passes demonstrator “Ulysses” in front of the White House during a People United to Save Humanity (PUSH) demonstration on Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday</I>
date: label: Date
content: January 15, 1975
name: label: Photograph by
content: Milton Williams, American, born 1940
label: Subject of
content: Fortas Johnson
label: Subject of
content: People United to Save Humanity, American, founded 1971
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of an protester with a large sign on his back. It says, “My name is Ulysses. I am asking the people of the people’s republic of China, to prepare a place for the children of my people…I am asking the government of the United States to let these children go… The white people are trying to destroy the black people through starvation and the birth control system…” To the left a man dressed as Abraham Lincoln walks by. The photograph is attached to a thick mounting board. The board is stamped and inscribed on the back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Race relations
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Milton Williams Archives
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.15.42
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Milton Williams
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, mounting board
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Sheet): 9 7/8 x 7 15/16 in. (25.1 x 20.2 cm)