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  • 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
    Date
    May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 2124pixels × 3218pixels
    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.
    Place depicted
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    portraits
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Topic
    Activism
    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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59e98f71a-fd8d-4e54-9e7b-44da28552d51
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