Photograph by
Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
Subject of
Unidentified Child or Children
Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
Created by
Rogers Color Laboratory Corp., American, 1964 - 1996
Date
May 13, 1968 - June 23, 1968
Medium
reversal film and cardboard
Dimensions
H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
Caption
This slide is part of a collection of 35mm slides encapsulating Robert Houston's full portfolio of images related to the Poor People's Campaign and the antipoverty protest camp on the National Mall. Known as "Resurrection City," the camp lasted for six weeks in the spring of 1968.
Description
This color slide depicts three small children in front of an A-frame shelter in Resurrection City. A little girl in a patchwork skirt and white blouse holds a half-eaten apple up to her open mouth with her left hand. She is in profile but turns her head to look directly at the viewer. Next to her is a little boy in a red tee shirt and grey pants, with his arms behind his back. Standing directly behind him is a taller boy, wearing a white red and blue plaid shirt. He rests his left hand on the smaller boy's left shoulder, and turns and looks back over his own right shoulder. The slide mount has text on the reverse that reads "processed by/ rogers color lab corp. / new york."
Place depicted
National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Movement
African American - Latinx Solidarity
Poor People's Campaign
Type
color slides
Topic
Activism
Black geographies
Children
Civil rights
Housing
Local and regional
Photography
Politics
Poverty
U.S. History, 1961-1969
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2015.245.18
Restrictions & Rights
© Robert Houston
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56b5d927c-632f-417e-b045-bd2c5c5f3890

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