- Photograph by
- Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
- Subject of
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3179 pixels × 2157 pixels, 39.27 MB
- Description
- This image depicts a young girl peering out between the flaps of a yellow tent in Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. The girl leans slightly to her right to look around the edge of the yellow tent flap. She wears a pale yellow dress and beige button down cardigan. Her hair is braided and she has a pencil tucked through a braid on the crown of her head. Although facing forward, her eyes are focused to the right of the viewer. Behind the girl within the tent is a folding cot on which are four small children. A fifth small child in a red jacket stands at the end of the cot and looks towards the tent entrance.
- Cultural Place
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Resurrection City
- 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
- Black geographies
- 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
- 2014.116.38
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Robert Houston
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.