Resurrection City: Untitled
Object Details
- Date
- 1968; printed September 2017
- Photograph by
- Jill Freedman, American, born 1939
- Subject of
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a man holding an SCLC Poor People's Campaign poster in front of him. He appears to be wearing a suit, shirt, and tie, and a garrison cap. His sign reads [HAPPINESS IS / A WARM DRY HOUSE / NO RATS OR ROACHES / LOTS OF GOOD FOOD / S.C.L.C. / POOR / PEOPLE'S / CAMPAIGN]. People are debris are visible in the background. The print is signed on the back in graphite [Jill Freedman].
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Black geographies
- Housing
- Local and regional
- Politics
- Poverty
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- Resurrection City
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.81.11
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jill Freedman
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin and photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 12 15/16 × 8 11/16 in. (32.9 × 22 cm)
- H x W: 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.5 × 27.7 cm)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2017.81.11
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a man holding an SCLC Poor People's Campaign poster in front of him. He appears to be wearing a suit, shirt, and tie, and a garrison cap. His sign reads [HAPPINESS IS / A WARM DRY HOUSE / NO RATS OR ROACHES / LOTS OF GOOD FOOD / S.C.L.C. / POOR / PEOPLE'S / CAMPAIGN]. People are debris are visible in the background. The print is signed on the back in graphite [Jill Freedman]. H x W (Image): 12 15/16 × 8 11/16 in. (32.9 × 22 cm)
H x W: 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.5 × 27.7 cm)