Woman at tent doorway - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968
- Photograph by
- Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
- Subject of
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3179 pixels × 3157 pixels, 39.27 MB
- 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.
- Place captured
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Resurrection City
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Type
- portraits
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- Activism
- Black geographies
- 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
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.