Digital image of Jesse Jackson and James Brown in Resurrection City: Museum Object and Cultural History
Digital image of Jesse Jackson and James Brown in Resurrection City: Date: 1968. Photograph by: Laura Jones, Canadian American, born 1948. Subject of: Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, 1941 - 2026.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white image of Jesse Jackson and James Brown in the Poor People's Campaign Culture Tent at Resurrection City. Jackson and Brown stand to the right of an unidentified man standing behind a microphone stand. The unidentified man is wearing a suit and tie and holding a hat in his proper left hand. Behind him, Ralph Abernathy is partially visible. Several other unidentified people surround him. In the foreground of the image, unidentified people sit and face the group around the microphone.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1968
- Photograph by: Laura Jones, Canadian American, born 1948
- Subject of: Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, 1941 - 2026
- Subject of: James Brown, American, 1933 - 2006
- Subject of: Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, American, 1926 - 1990
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Type: digital images
- Type: digital media - born analog
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: H x W: 4003 pixels × 6000 pixels
- Dimensions: File size: 22.93 MB
- Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Entertainers
- Topic: Local and regional
- Topic: Political organizations
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Object number: 2016.177.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Laura Jones
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
Sources and reuse
Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Laura Jones Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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