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

The object in the museum catalogue

This color slide depicts the Reverend Kirkpatrick playing a guitar in the middle of a group of men. Seated, he wears a white short sleeve button down shirt, and has his blue denim jacket folded on the table in front of him. He has his eyes closed as he strums the guitar. He is surrounded by a group of men who sit and stand around him. Many of the men are clapping their hands. 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
• Commissioned by: Black Star, American, founded 1935
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Subject of: Rev. Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, American, 1933 - 1986
• Created by: Rogers Color Laboratory Corp., American, 1964 - 1996
• 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: Black geographies
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Housing
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2015.245.254
• 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.