Dizzy Gillespie & woman with white scarf - Resurrection City, Wash, D.C. - 1968

Object Details

Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
Subject of: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993; Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968; Unidentified Woman or Women

Description: This imaged depicts musician Dizzy Gillespie, outside, seated on the edge of a platform in a crowd of people at Resurrection City. Gillespie is sitting slightly sideways to the camera, facing to the viewer's right, among other sitting and standing individuals. Wearing a dark sweatshirt and dark pants, a button pin and thick rimmed glasses, he looks upwards, a cigarette between his lips. In the foreground is a young woman in a white sweater with a white scarf tied around her hair. She carries a purse over her left shoulder and holds an object against her chest with her bent left arm. She stands sideways to the viewer, looking to the viewer's left. In the background is a crowd of people standing in front of a group of trees.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

Restrictions & Rights: © Robert Houston; Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Place captured: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Activism; Black geographies; Civil Rights; Communities; Local and regional; Musicians; Photography; Resistance; Social reform

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50115df1a-1b5d-4a36-b8e2-d1ccc7f3af3e