Constructing tents - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968
Object Details
- Date
- May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
- Photograph by
- Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
- Subject of
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Description
- This image depicts a group of individuals erecting a series of temporary shelters in Resurrection City on the National Mall. Thirteen individuals are assisting each other in laying wood floors and constructing wooden supports for the shelters. There are trees in the background, and the Washington Monument can be seen in the distance.
- Place captured
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Black geographies
- Civil Rights
- Communities
- Photography
- Resistance
- Social reform
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- Resurrection City
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.116.44
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Robert Houston
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2086 pixels × 3177 pixels, 37.96 MB
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.116.44
This image depicts a group of individuals erecting a series of temporary shelters in Resurrection City on the National Mall. Thirteen individuals are assisting each other in laying wood floors and constructing wooden supports for the shelters. There are trees in the background, and the Washington Monument can be seen in the distance. H x W: 2086 pixels × 3177 pixels, 37.96 MB