Fletcher Drake
Jesse Jackson, The Poor People’s Campaign, Washington D.C.

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Artist Fletcher DrakeAmerican, born 1942

CultureAmerican

Titles

Jesse Jackson, The Poor People’s Campaign, Washington D.C.

DateMay 12–June 19, 1968

Place depictedWashington, District of Columbia, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 6 1/8 in. (24.2 × 15.5 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 6 11/16 in. (25.5 × 17 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Bill and Sara Morgan

Object number2018.211

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionJust
a few short weeks following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a
veritable city of demonstrators descended upon Washington to protest economic
inequalities and to continue King’s mission. The Poor People’s Campaign
constructed a makeshift camp, called Resurrection City, on the National Mall
and took up residence from May to June 1968. Charismatic young leaders such as
Ralph Abernathy, Reies Tijerina, and Jesse Jackson lived in the camps and
addressed the national press on behalf of the protestors. Photographers such as
Fletcher Drake recorded the campaign, adding another chapter to the ongoing
civil-rights story.
ProvenanceThe artist; PIX, Inc., New York; Westport Public Library, Westport, Connecticut; [Winter Works on Paper, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
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[numerous inscriptions, stamps and applied label on verso]

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