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  • Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Date
    May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film and cardboard
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This color slide depicts a smiling woman standing in a muddy area of the National Mall. Wearing a dark sweatshirt, khaki pants and cowboy boots, she rests her weight on her right foot and lifts her left foot slightly above the mud. She holds both her arms up into the air and appears to be snapping her fingers. She stands in a muddy lane that runs between two rows of A frame shelters. There is an open suitcase filled with clothes lying on the ground behind her. The Washington Monument is visible in the distance.
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    color slides
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.245
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5684261f4-1982-4b2d-8265-c094cbc182db
  • Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Black Star, American, founded 1935
    Created by
    Rogers Color Laboratory Corp., American, 1964 - 1996
    Date
    May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film and cardboard
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This photographic slide depicts a man being placed on a stretcher by several other people. Only the man's head is visible between two people standing over him. One man, dressed in a white short sleeve shirt, bends over the prone individual, and holds the individual's head in his hands. The woman standing next to him, standing with her back to the viewer, wears a hooded jacket with a scarf around her neck. The slide mount has text on the reverse that reads "processed by/ rogers color lab corp. / new york."
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    color slides
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.262
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d69c3282-e947-42f5-8486-997a885d73a1
  • Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Black Star, American, founded 1935
    Date
    May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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..
    Description
    This color transparency depicts a woman sitting inside an A frame shelter. Wearing a striped short sleeve shirt over a patterned dress and grey sneakers, she holds an open book on her lap. She is sitting on a cot covered with blankets and personal belongings.
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    transparencies
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.274
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f9833cfd-e3c7-4c32-b4a1-4d90c8b8d98b
  • Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Black Star, American, founded 1935
    Date
    May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This color transparency depicts a little girl sitting on a woman's lap. The little girl wears a yellow pattered dress. She has a large doll in a loose dress propped against her legs. The woman sits on a folding chair under a large tree, with her left arm wrapped around the girl. The tree has a rope wrapped around its trunk, and tent lines staked on the ground beyond it.
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    transparencies
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.272
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55519ae9c-2028-4a49-8c3d-645b5c3b2d7c
  • Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Black Star, American, founded 1935
    Date
    May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This color transparency depicts a woman sitting inside an A frame shelter. Wearing a striped short sleeve shirt over a patterned dress and grey sneakers, she holds an open book on her lap. She is sitting on a cot covered with blankets and personal belongings. There is an open purse on the cot next to her, a rug on the floor, and a folding chair at the end of the cot.
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    transparencies
    portraits
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.273
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd528ce7651-e7c1-494c-9e84-17511ab1afe1
  • Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Black Star, American, founded 1935
    Date
    May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This color transparency depicts two men playing pool on the National Mall. One man, standing at the head of the pool table, wears a grey jacket and blue pants. He bends over the table with an object in his hands. Standing by the side of the pool table is another man in a grey sweatshirt and brown pants. He is setting up the pool balls. The pool stable is located outside, surrounded by A frame shelters. The Washington Monument is visible in the background.
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    transparencies
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    Recreation
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.281
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e422fcef-e494-44b0-ad31-ff6f19c1c898
  • Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Created by
    Rogers Color Laboratory Corp., American, 1964 - 1996
    Date
    May 13, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film and cardboard
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This photographic slide depicts two rows of A frame shelters in Resurrection City on the National Mall. The A frames are composed of wood and yellow plastic sheeting. They stand in two long rows with a wide open area between them that is filled with pedestrians. Some people sit or stand in groups outside the opening of the A frames, while others pass up and down the open area. The Washington Monument is visible in the background.The slide mount has text on the reverse that reads "processed by/ rogers color lab corp. / new york."
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    color slides
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.15
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ce47cd91-c60d-406e-bb73-27e031da4856
  • Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Rev. Kirkpatrick, Frederick Douglass, American, 1933 - 1986
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Black Star, American, founded 1935
    Date
    May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film and cardboard
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This color slide depicts the Reverend Kirkpatrick playing a guitar in the middle of a group of men. Seated, he wears a white short sleeve button down shirt, and has his blue denim jacket folded on the table in front of him. He is surrounded by a group of men who sit and stand around him. The slide mount has text on the reverse that reads "processed by/ rogers color lab corp. / new york."
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    color slides
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Music
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.252
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51bf903dd-6556-4b62-9893-7720573599e9
  • Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Black Star, American, founded 1935
    Created by
    Rogers Color Laboratory Corp., American, 1964 - 1996
    Date
    May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film and cardboard
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This photographic slide depicts tables of clothing set up outside. The tables are folding tables covered with piles of clothing. There are people standing among the tables. In the foreground is a man standing with his back to the viewer. He wears a white shirt and dark pants. Beyond him is a group of four women in a uniform of light blue dresses and matching pill box hats gathered around a table. There is a temporary fence that separates the tables from the parked cars and a van in the background. The van is red and white with text that reads "Tri-Foam/ Sleep Products/ You'll Like It." The slide mount has text on the reverse that reads "processed by/ rogers color lab corp. / new york."
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    color slides
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Clothing and dress
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.260
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50c0827e8-3c00-440f-b1ef-f6ac8309d3a2
  • Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Black Star, American, founded 1935
    Date
    May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This color transparency depicts an elderly man with a long grey beard, standing under a large tent. He wears a dark colored suit jacket and pants, over a grey-brown button down shirt. He has a wide brimmed hat on his head and holds a chest-high wooden walking stick. He stands in a three quarter profile to the viewer, gazing to the left. Five other men are visible behind him under the same tent. Other individuals and numerous parked cars are visible in the background.
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    transparencies
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.266
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b9eb9b75-893d-4b06-a6e6-0cba07b00c2e
  • Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Created by
    Rogers Color Laboratory Corp., American, 1964 - 1996
    Date
    May 13, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film and plastic
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This color slide depicts an elderly man with a cane seated on a cardboard box next to a little girl seated on a suitcase in Resurrection City. The man wears a grey suit over a brown shirt. He has thick grey mustache, a brown hat and a cane resting against his legs. He sits on a cardboard box and rests his back against another stack of boxes that has packages and blankets balanced on top. He is in profile to the viewer. Next to him is a girl in a grey knee length coat. She is sitting on a brown suitcase, resting her back against the same pile of boxes as the elderly man. She is turned three-quarters away from the viewer.
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    color slides
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.115
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd533600379-17df-418f-be0d-0ab8d201778f
  • Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Black Star, American, founded 1935
    Created by
    Rogers Color Laboratory Corp., American, 1964 - 1996
    Date
    May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film and cardboard
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This photographic slide depicts a man and a woman hammering nails into an A frame shelter. Both have their backs to the viewer. The woman, kneeling on one knee, wears a yellow top and grey pants. Her hair is tied back with a scarf and she wears sandals. The man, standing next to her, wears a white team shirt with blue trim and khaki pants. He braces his left arm against the shelter wall while he hammers with his right. The woman hammers with her left hand. An incomplete A frame is in the foreground.
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    color slides
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.198
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d129c0c1-b8f8-4d8e-be9d-2dac4cdcf211
  • Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Black Star, American, founded 1935
    Date
    May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This color transparency depicts a woman sitting on a folding chair in front of several A frame shelters. Wearing a sleeveless, pale colored dress, and sneakers,she sits with her ankles crossed and her head cocked to the right side. She holds a pile of clothing and a pair of shoes on her lap. There are rows of A frame shelters behind her.
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    transparencies
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.269
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55c06adf6-1d07-4df4-9c73-945991676b34
  • Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Gillespie, Dizzy, American, 1917 - 1993
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Black Star, American, founded 1935
    Created by
    Rogers Color Laboratory Corp., American, 1964 - 1996
    Date
    May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film and cardboard
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This photographic slide depicts Dizzy Gillespie standing on a stage with a band. Wearing a navy blue shirt and red pants, he holds his trumpet in his right hand. To his right is a man dressed in a grey suit and tie, seated behind a drum set. Behind him are a group of men, four wearing suit, one in a brown shirt. One of the men is seated and wears a fedora. There is a reflection of the Washington Monument in the water behind the men. The slide mount has text on the reverse that reads "processed by/ rogers color lab corp./ new york."
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    color slides
    portraits
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Instrumentalists (Musicians)
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.243
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59eb83548-83f0-4ce8-95b3-737f500d2cce
  • Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Black Star, American, founded 1935
    Date
    May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This color transparency depicts a little girl in a striped shirt. The shirt has long sleeves and large red buttons down the front. The little girl gazes directly at the camera. She wears a nametag that is pinned to her shirt front with a safety pin. There is a crowd of children and adults in the background.
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    transparencies
    portraits
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.280
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ff3075d4-7d75-4090-b719-0c3db16f7c29
  • Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Created by
    Rogers Color Laboratory Corp., American, 1964 - 1996
    Date
    May 13, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film and cardboard
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This photographic slide depicts a crowd of young men and women outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture building in Washington, DC. They stand closely together, many of them clapping their hands, some with their mouth open in song. Several of them wear SCLC badges. One young man in the center wears a green shirt and a round, white pinback button reading [WELFARE RIGHTS NOW!]. Another young man on the far right wears a brown and grey collared shirt and a pinback button reading [INDIAN RIGHTS]. There is a large white pillared portico in the background. The slide mount obverse has text that reads "processed by/ rogers color lab corp./ new york."
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    color slides
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Youth
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.39
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a007f511-ea58-487e-bb38-23023f7895f6
  • Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Created by
    Rogers Color Laboratory Corp., American, 1964 - 1996
    Commissioned by
    Black Star, American, founded 1935
    Manufactured by
    Unidentified
    Date
    May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film and cardboard
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This photographic slide depicts a young man digging a trench. The man's bare back is to the camera and he stands hip deep in the trench, bent over holding the wooden handle of a digging implement with both hands. He wears belted blue jeans, a cowboy hat, and a blue bandana around his neck. The slide mount has text on the reverse that reads "processed by/ rogers color lab corp./ new york."
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    color slides
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.75
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52356522b-e393-46b4-afb2-6c3ec0cd056e
  • Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Created by
    Rogers Color Laboratory Corp., American, 1964 - 1996
    Date
    May 13, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film and cardboard
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This color slide depicts a little girl playing with a toy on the grass. She wears a blue and white plaid shirt over a brown and black striped skirt as she bends over the toy. The toy is a tall yellow, white, green, red, and purple ladder-like object that rests one end on the grass. The slide mount has text on the reverse that reads "processed by/ rogers color lab corp. / new york."
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    color slides
    Topic
    Activism
    Children
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.20
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd506e05833-bf46-4dce-bba2-33a8807944cd
  • Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Black Star, American, founded 1935
    Date
    May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This color transparency depicts men playing croquet on the National Mall. In the foreground are two young men holding croquet mallets. One man wears a navy blue shirt and khaki pants. He stands next to a wicket, and gazes at the second man, who wears khaki pants and piece of dark fabric draped around his shoulders. He is bent over in the middle or swinging his mallet at a ball. Behind them is a row of A frame shelters with two men interacting with each other, and a third man in the distance working on one of the shelters.
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    transparencies
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    Recreation
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.276
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd583ab3386-ccf8-49f5-ab5f-53e1f1f12bb1
  • Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Created by
    Rogers Color Laboratory Corp., American, 1964 - 1996
    Commissioned by
    Black Star, American, founded 1935
    Manufactured by
    Unidentified
    Date
    May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
    Medium
    reversal film and plastic
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    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.
    Description
    This photographic slide depicts a man sitting next to a woman holding a young child. The man is pictured in profile, seated to the right of frame, wearing a grey suit. He rests his elbows on his knees and holds a short cigarette between his fingers. Next to him, in center frame, is the woman, wearing a light colored top and blue jeans, her grey hair pulled back from her face. The child, wearing a long sleeve red shirt and blue and white patterned overalls, sits in the woman's lap holding a baby bottle. Behind them, the legs of a person seated on a platform are visible.
    Place depicted
    National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    color slides
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Families
    Housing
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Politics
    Poverty
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.61
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59361c0f5-f4fa-4a64-a851-181806163cc2

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