Resurrection City: Untitled

Object Details

Photograph by: Jill Freedman, American, born 1939
Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968; Unidentified Woman or Women; Unidentified Man or Men

Description: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a woman playing a guitar and singing while a man reaches over her to also play the same guitar. The two are outdoors in the shade of trees, with a crowd of people in the background. She wears a striped hat, eye glasses, and a pinback button on her chest reading [POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN / PUERTORRIQUEÑOS MARCHAN]. He wears a hat and button-down shirt with his glasses in his pocket. The pair are under a tree and there are people in chairs visible in the background. The guitar has sticker of the flag of Puerto Rico on the soundboard. The print is signed on the back in graphite [Jill Freedman].

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

1968; printed September 2017

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): 8 5/8 × 12 15/16 in. (21.9 × 32.9 cm); H x W (Sheet): 10 7/8 × 14 in. (27.7 × 35.5 cm)

Place depicted: 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: African American - Latinx Solidarity; Poor People's Campaign

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Activism; Black geographies; Local and regional; Politics; Poverty; U.S. History, 1961-1969

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d1cd4e4a-454e-4e5d-9ba2-95bc18d4c8f4