id:			445599
accession number:	2021.215
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.215
updated:		2023-08-24 01:47:00.170000

Introduces "Mayor" of Resurrection City: The Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Washington DC introduced Resurrection City manager, the Reverend Jesse Jackson of Chicago. Black leaders gathered at the plywood shelter encampment of the Poor People's Campaign. In background one of the demonstrators nails up a "City Hall" sign, May 22, 1968, 1968. Charles Tasnadi (American, born Hungary, 1925–2008). Associated Press wire photo; image: 18.1 x 22.2 cm (7 1/8 x 8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg 2021.215

title:				Introduces "Mayor" of Resurrection City: The Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Washington DC introduced Resurrection City manager, the Reverend Jesse Jackson of Chicago. Black leaders gathered at the plywood shelter encampment of the Poor People's Campaign. In background one of the demonstrators nails up a "City Hall" sign, May 22, 1968
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creation date:			1968
creation date earliest:		1968
creation date latest:		1968
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creditline:			Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg
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culture:	America
technique:	Associated Press wire photo
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1951-Present
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Charles Tasnadi (American, born Hungary, 1925–2008)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 18.1 x 22.2 cm (7 1/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
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PROVENANCE

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To demand jobs and income for the poor, a town of 3,000 wooden tents was erected and occupied in Washington, DC, in 1968.

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Take a month after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this image shows Reverend Ralph D. Abernathy and Reverend Jesse Jackson presiding over a gathering at Resurrection City. This temporary town established in Washington, D.C. fulfilled King’s call for “a trek to the nation’s capital by suffering and outraged citizens who will go to stay until some definite and positive action is taken to provide jobs and income for the poor.”

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