Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This image depicts the Reverend Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick holding a guitar. Wearing a dark blue denim shirt with brass buttons, he is viewed from below, giving him a monumental aspect. He holds the guitar against his torso and strums with his right hand. He gazes straight ahead, over the head of the photographer.The slide mount has text on the reverse that reads "processed by/ rogers color lab corp. / new york."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
• Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
• Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
• Subject of: Rev. Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, American, 1933 - 1986
• Type: color slides
• Medium: reversal film and cardboard
• Dimensions: H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
• Place depicted: National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Housing
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2015.245.249
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• 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: © Robert Houston Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.