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  • Reverend Kirkpatrick - Resurrection City, Wash. D.C.. - 1968

    Reverend Kirkpatrick - Resurrection City, Wash. D.C.. - 1968

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Rev. Kirkpatrick, Frederick Douglass, American, 1933 - 1986
    Signed by
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 2124pixels × 3218pixels
    Type
    portraits
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Place depicted
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
    Description
    This image depicts the Reverend Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick holding a guitar. Kirkpatrick led cultural programs at Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. Wearing a dark blue denim shirt with brass buttons, he is viewed from below, giving him a monumental aspect. He holds the guitar against his torso and strums with his right hand. He gazes straight ahead, over the head of the photographer.
    Topic
    African American
    Civil rights
    Communities
    Folk (Music)
    Local and regional
    Men
    Photography
    Resistance
    Social reform
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
    Object number
    2014.116.32
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
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    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Men with plastic at tent - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. – 1968

    Men with plastic at tent - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. – 1968

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 3179pixels × 2157pixels
    Type
    portraits
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Place captured
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
    Description
    This image depicts four men building an A-frame tent in Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. Two of the men, both wearing hats and jackets, stand on the tent's slanting wooden sides, one man on each side. They hold the large sheet of plastic to the top pf the wood frame while two men on the ground hold the sheet flat against the wall. One man on the ground, wearing a yellow shirt and dark hat, stretches his left hand and gazes towards one of the men on the slanting wall. Both men on the ground stand with their back to the viewer. There is another yellow tent in the background.
    Topic
    African American
    Civil rights
    Communities
    Labor
    Local and regional
    Men
    Photography
    Resistance
    Social reform
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
    Object number
    2014.116.36
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
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    Resurrection City
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Jesse Jackson - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

    Jesse Jackson - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

    Subject of
    Rev. Jackson, Jesse, American, born 1941
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 3181pixels × 2177pixels
    Type
    portraits
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Place depicted
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
    Description
    This image depicts Reverend Jesse Jackson in Resurrection City. Jackson is pictured in profile. Wearing a dark blue shirt, open at the neck, with a necklace of square wooden beads, he gazes to the viewer's left. There are several indistinct individuals in the background.
    Topic
    African American
    Civil rights
    Communities
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Resistance
    Social reform
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
    Object number
    2014.116.43
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
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    Resurrection City
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Two girls at tent - Resurrection City, Wash, D.C. - 1968

    Two girls at tent - Resurrection City, Wash, D.C. - 1968

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 3179pixels × 2157pixels
    Type
    portraits
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Place captured
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
    Description
    This image depicts three children in the entrance of a yellow tent in Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. The tent is made of yellow material, wood, and clear plastic sheeting. Standing between two yellow tent flaps, three children look out and to the right. The smallest child wears a grey coat and light colored pants. Standing slightly in front of him, the tallest child wears light colored shorts and has a light green sweater draped over her shoulders. Her arms are wrapped tightly around her torso. Next to her is a little girl wearing a light yellow dress and beige cardigan. Inside the tent several other children can be seen in the background.
    Topic
    African American
    Children
    Civil rights
    Communities
    Families
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Resistance
    Social reform
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
    Object number
    2014.116.33
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
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    Resurrection City
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Night scene at campfire - Resurrection City, Wash, D.C. - 1968

    Night scene at campfire - Resurrection City, Wash, D.C. - 1968

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 5288pixels × 5212pixels
    Type
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Place captured
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
    Description
    This image depicts a group of people gathered around a bonfire in Resurrection City on the National Mall. Two people sit on a variety of chairs around a bonfire in a barrel. Two individuals sit with their backs to the viewer, one man in a dark suit and hat, the other in a light colored shirt and pants. A third person stands leaning against the back of a chair. Several other individuals walk past in the dark. An overflowing trash can sits to the right of the bonfire. The bonfire is surrounded by rows of tents and temporary structures. Behind them are the silhouettes of trees. The illuminated Washington Monument can be seen in the background.
    Topic
    African American
    Civil rights
    Communities
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Resistance
    Social reform
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
    Object number
    2014.116.41
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
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    Resurrection City
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Woman in brown dress with children - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

    Woman in brown dress with children - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 3179pixels × 2157pixels
    Type
    portraits
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Place captured
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
    Description
    This image depicts a woman and two young children standing at the entrance of a yellow tent at Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. One yellow tent flap is folded back allowing the woman to peek though the opening. She wears a brown dress and black flat shoes. At her side are two small children, the taller child in a striped red white and blue shirt and blue pants. The child leans against the woman’s left side. On his other side is a much smaller child wearing an off-white onesie. The woman has her left arm around both children with her left hand resting on the smallest child's head. Behind them inside the tent another child is visible.
    Topic
    African American
    Children
    Civil rights
    Communities
    Families
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Resistance
    Social reform
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
    Object number
    2014.116.35
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
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    Resurrection City
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Girl with yellow scarf - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

    Girl with yellow scarf - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 3179pixels × 2157pixels
    Type
    portraits
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Place captured
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
    Description
    This image depicts a woman during the construction of Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. She is wearing a yellow cloth wrapped around her head. She is shown from the chest upwards, wearing a light grey button shirt, with an object hanging from a cloth strap around her neck. Wooden frames for temporary shelters are visible in the background.
    Topic
    African American
    Civil rights
    Communities
    Labor
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Resistance
    Social reform
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
    Object number
    2014.116.37
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
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    Portfolio/Series
    Resurrection City
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Woman between tents - Resurrection City, Wash, D.C. - 1968

    Woman between tents - Resurrection City, Wash, D.C. - 1968

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 5285pixels × 5285pixels
    Type
    portraits
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Place captured
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
    Description
    This image depicts a young woman seated between rows of tents at Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. The woman, seated on a wooden folding chair, wears a light colored shirt with long sleeves pushed up, and a light colored and patterned skirt. She wears a scarf wrapped around her head and is barefoot. Her light colored sandals rest on the ground beside her. She sits sideways to the camera and looks at the viewer over her left shoulder, holding her left hand on her hip. She sits in the doorway of a tent made of yellow material, wood, and plastic sheeting. Folding cots are visible inside the tent opposite her. The alley is bare ground with sparse grass and a tree is visible in the distance over the roofs of the tents.
    Topic
    African American
    Civil rights
    Communities
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Resistance
    Social reform
    United States--History--1961-1969
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
    Object number
    2014.116.39
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
    Portfolio/Series
    Resurrection City
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Exhibition
    City of Hope: Resurrection City and the 1968 Poor People's Campaign
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Dizzy Gillespie & woman with white scarf - Resurrection City, Wash, D.C. - 1968

    Dizzy Gillespie & woman with white scarf - Resurrection City, Wash, D.C. - 1968

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Gillespie, Dizzy, American, 1917 - 1993
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 5353pixels × 5124pixels
    Type
    portraits
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Place captured
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
    Description
    This imaged depicts musician Dizzy Gillespie, outside, seated on the edge of a platform in a crowd of people at Resurrection City. Gillespie is sitting slightly sideways to the camera, facing to the viewer's right, among other sitting and standing individuals. Wearing a dark sweatshirt and dark pants, a button pin and thick rimmed glasses, he looks upwards, a cigarette between his lips. In the foreground is a young woman in a white sweater with a white scarf tied around her hair. She carries a purse over her left shoulder and holds an object against her chest with her bent left arm. She stands sideways to the viewer, looking to the viewer's left. In the background is a crowd of people standing in front of a group of trees.
    Topic
    African American
    Civil rights
    Communities
    Local and regional
    Musicians
    Photography
    Resistance
    Social reform
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
    Object number
    2014.116.40
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
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    Portfolio/Series
    Resurrection City
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Yellow school bus - Resurrection City., Wash, D.C. - 1968

    Yellow school bus - Resurrection City., Wash, D.C. - 1968

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 4539pixels × 4991pixels
    Type
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Place captured
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
    Description
    This image depicts a yellow school bus parked by the curb with five men's heads protruding from side windows and one man emerging from the door. The photograph is taken from the rear right side of the bus, looking towards the front. There are two hand-made signs taped to the bus' side, both handwritten on white paper. One, in black letters, reads "NEWARK, N.J. / VAN-GUARD/ POOR PEOPLES/ CAMPAIGN." The other sign, written in red ink reads “NEWARK, NJ." Painted in black and white script by the door's lower corner is the bus company's logo that reads "Mer(?)enthal(?)rs/ Bus Service." Five men lean out the upper half of five bus windows, looking over their right shoulders towards the viewer. Two of the men wear flat caps, and all five men wear over shirts or jackets in shades of khaki or dark blue. A sixth man in a dark blue jacket stands in the bus's open door.
    Topic
    African American
    Civil rights
    Communities
    Local and regional
    Men
    Photography
    Resistance
    Social reform
    United States--History--1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
    Object number
    2014.116.46
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
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    Resurrection City
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Rev. Kirkpatrick and friends - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

    Rev. Kirkpatrick and friends - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Rev. Kirkpatrick, Frederick Douglass, American, 1933 - 1986
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 5140pixels × 5205pixels
    Type
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Place captured
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
    Description
    This image depicts the Reverend Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick in Resurrection City playing the guitar with another man, while a woman standing between them claps her hands. Kirkpatrick, on the right, wears a dark denim jacket over a button down shirt and dark pants. He holds a guitar with a strap over his left shoulder and strums with his right hand. Facing opposite him is a man in a light colored short sleeve shirt and dark trousers, also holding a guitar. It is slung over his left shoulder as he strums with his right hand. Standing between the two men, facing the viewer, is a woman in a light colored sweatshirt and light pants. Her sweatshirt has large letters that read "MILWAUK.../N.A.A.C..../YOUTH COUNCIL." She wears a large button on her right shoulder that reads "FREEDOM." Crowds of onlookers stand in the background. The Washington Monument can be seen in the distance.
    Topic
    African American
    Civil rights
    Communities
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Resistance
    Social reform
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
    Object number
    2014.116.42
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
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    Resurrection City
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Woman at tent doorway - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

    Woman at tent doorway - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 3179pixels × 3157pixels
    Type
    portraits
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Place captured
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
    Description
    This image depicts a young woman standing at the entrance of one of the yellow tents at Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. Framed by the tent flaps of yellow material she gazes directly at the viewer. She is dressed in a blue knit shirt with a fold over collar and a vee-neckline. There is some clear and white material, possibly a wad of tape, stuck to one tent flap at head level.
    Topic
    African American
    Civil rights
    Communities
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Resistance
    Social reform
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
    Object number
    2014.116.34
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
    Portfolio/Series
    Resurrection City
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Exhibition
    City of Hope: Resurrection City and the 1968 Poor People's Campaign
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Hosea Williams & Lou Rawls - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

    Hosea Williams & Lou Rawls - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Williams, Hosea Lorenzo, American, 1926 - 2000
    Rawls, Lou, American, 1933 - 2006
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 4714pixels × 5210pixels
    Type
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Place depicted
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
    Description
    This image depicts Hosea Williams and Lou Rawls on a small wooden outdoor stage in Resurrection City with a group of other individuals. Hosea Williams stands in front of the small crowd on stage. Wearing a dark jumpsuit, he holds a microphone in his left hand and gestures with his right. Taken from below, this angle gives him a monumental aspect. Behind him is a group of people, including Lou Rawls, wearing a dark patterned short sleeve shirt, dark pants, a large pendant on a chain, and sunglasses. The surrounding people include one woman, in a light colored sweater and pants. Next to her is a man in a bright pattered shirt, light pants, and a light colored hat. On Rawls' other side are two men in dark clothes, one in front wearing a jacket, one in the rear wearing a hat. Visible on the extreme right are three other figures, the man in front dressed in black with a large pendant on a chain. One man behind him is dressed in dark colors, with a hat; the other wears a white tee-shirt and dark pants. Crowds of people and trees can be seen in the background.
    Topic
    African American
    Civil rights
    Communities
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Resistance
    Social reform
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
    Object number
    2014.116.45
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
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    Media Arts-Photography
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Tent with song lyrics - Resurection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

    Tent with song lyrics - Resurection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 2510pixels × 3899pixels
    Type
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Place depicted
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
    Description
    This image depicts a temporary shelter in Resurrection City on the National Mall with the lyrics to two songs written on its sides. The tent, made of plywood and plastic sheeting, is situated on the National Mall, with trees and the Washington Monument visible behind it. The first song is titled "You Can't Keep Us Down" and the lyrics cover the left half of the tent wall. The other song is titled "In Resurrection City" and its lyrics cover the right side of the tent wall. For full lyrics, please see Notes Text Entries.
    Topic
    African American
    Civil rights
    Communities
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Resistance
    Social reform
    United States--History--1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
    Object number
    2014.116.47
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
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    Resurrection City
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Exhibition
    City of Hope: Resurrection City and the 1968 Poor People's Campaign
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Constructing tents - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

    Constructing tents - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 2086pixels × 3177pixels
    Type
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Place captured
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
    Description
    This image depicts a group of individuals erecting a series of temporary shelters in Resurrection City on the National Mall. Thirteen individuals are assisting each other in laying wood floors and constructing wooden supports for the shelters. There are trees in the background, and the Washington Monument can be seen in the distance.
    Topic
    African American
    Civil rights
    Communities
    Photography
    Resistance
    Social reform
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
    Object number
    2014.116.44
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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    Resurrection City
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture
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