Plywood 'tent' with 'I have a dream' spray-painted on the side and the Washington Monument in the distance, Resurrection City

Item Information

Title:
Plywood 'tent' with 'I have a dream' spray-painted on the side and the Washington Monument in the distance, Resurrection City
Description:
From a series of images pulled by Peter Simon for publication 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:
1968
Format:
Photographs
Manuscripts
Genre:
Black-and-white negatives
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 001 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
The American Revolution Documentary Collection
Peter Simon 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:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph009-vHG-sl050-i026
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-sl050-i026