Dizzy Gillespie & woman with white scarf - Resurrection City, Wash, D.C. - 1968
- Photograph by
- Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
- Subject of
- Gillespie, Dizzy, American, 1917 - 1993
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5353 pixels × 5124 pixels, 52.32 MB
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.