Untitled; Washington: Clad in blue denims, Rev. Ralph Abernathy (center) uses a hammer to help with the erection of the first shack on “Resurrection City” here 5/13. The plywood and canvas encampment will be the home of about 3,000 participants in the Poor People’s Campaign during their stay in the nation’s captial.
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Untitled; Washington: Clad in blue denims, Rev. Ralph Abernathy (center) uses a hammer to help with the erection of the first shack on “Resurrection City” here 5/13. The plywood and canvas encampment will be the home of about 3,000 participants in the Poor People’s Campaign during their stay in the nation’s captial.
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Unidentified Photographer
Date
1968
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Accession #
2018.79
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Location
Currently Not on View
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