Women and children walking past a tent painted with poems, Resurrection City encampment

Item Information

Title:
Women and children walking past a tent painted with poems, Resurrection City encampment
Description:
From a series of images of Resurrection City, a tent city set up in Washington, D.C., as part of Martin Luther King's Poor People's Campaign.
Photographer:
Simon, Peter, 1947-
Date:
[ca. June 1968]
Format:
Photographs
Manuscripts
Genre:
Black-and-white negatives
Black-and-white photographs
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 001 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Peter Simon Collection
The American Revolution Documentary Collection
Subjects:
Poor People's Campaign--Photographs
Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--Photographs
Civil rights movements--Photographs
Resurrection City (Washington, D.C.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Berkshire (county) > Washington
Extent:
1 photograph ; 35 mm.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph009-vHG-sl134-i004
Terms of Use:
Copyright is held by Peter Simon. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries.
Contact host institution for more information.
Place of origin:
Washington (D.C.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
muph009-vHG-sl134-i004