<I>The Poor People’s Campaign: A Photographic Journal</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Published by
content: Turnpike Press
label: Created by
content: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
label: Photograph by
content: Ron Comedy, American, born 1941
label: Photograph by
content: Fletcher Drake, 1942 - 1996
label: Photograph by
content: Clara Watkins, American, 1924 - 2012
label: Subject of
content: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
notes: label: Description
content: A 64-page paperback booklet printed in black ink on white paper. The front cover features a black and white photograph of two pairs of hands; at left is a clasped pair of hands resting on knees, and at center is a pair of hands holding leather reins of the type used to guide a cart or wagon. At right, in bold text, is the title in black ink, [THE POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN]. The back cover depicts the same image but printed in reverse, with the title text printed again but at the left instead of the right.
place: label: Place made
content: Atlanta, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
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, Gift of Nina Mjagkij
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.92.3
objectType: label: Type
content: pamphlets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © SCLC
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: printing ink on book paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 1/4 × 10 15/16 × 1/4 in. (21 × 27.8 × 0.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Open): 8 1/4 × 21 7/8 × 1 in. (21 × 55.6 × 2.5 cm)