Plywood panel mural from Resurrection City
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- King, Coretta Scott, American, 1927 - 2006
- Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990
- Guevara, Che, Argentine, 1928 - 1967
- Zapata, Emiliano, Mexican, 1879 - 1919
- Villa, Pancho, Mexican, 1878 - 1923
- Murrieta, Joaquin, Mexican, c. 1829 - c. 1853
- National Liberation Front, active 1954 - 1976
- Chairman Tse-Tung, Mao, Chinese, 1893 - 1976
- President Kennedy, John F., American, 1917 - 1963
- Senator Kennedy, Robert F., American, 1925 - 1968
- X, Malcolm, American, 1925 - 1965
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil paint and ink on plywood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall): 123 × 384 × 1/2 in. (312.4 × 975.4 × 1.3 cm)
- Description
- This is a mural, comprised of twelve (12) painted plywood panels, that was created and displayed in the Resurrection City encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. The panels were installed together, four panels (4) horizontally across the top and eight (8) panels installed vertically on the bottom, to form a thirty-two (32) foot long wall. The boards were painted by Resurrection City activists with slogans, quotes and art. Painted text at the top of the panel reads: [Hunger's Wall: Tell It Like It Is].
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcription Available
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Type
- mural paintings
- Topic
- Activism
- Art
- Black power
- Freedom
- Justice
- Local and regional
- Men
- Poverty
- Race relations
- Resistance
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vincent DeForest
- Object number
- 2012.110
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.