Research Catalog

Title

Photographs from the Poor People's Campaign exhibit, 1968 / Phillda Ragland.

Author

Ragland-Njau, Phillda

Publication

1968.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Greenspan Photo (New York, N.Y.)
• North Manhattan Project, sponsor.

Description

• 8 items (.6 cubic ft., one box); 48 x 40 cm and smaller.
• 4 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white, mounted ;

Summary

Depictions of urban decay, destruction to businesses following a riot, and the residents of a tent city, in Washington, D.C. in 1968, consisting of individual portraits of an African American child and a young African American man who were residents of Resurrection City, a tent city set up during the Poor People's Campaign (June 1968); views of burnt businesses in the commercial district of north Washington's African American neighborhood following the riots that occurred after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (April 1968); a view of an African American-owned business with the words "Sole brother" painted on the windows to protect it from rioters; and a view of an abandoned car in a rubble heap and a framed view of a doorway surrounded by garbage, showing the living conditions in one of Washington's African American neighborhoods. Also included is a portrait of a child with his hands raised who is possibly a neighbor of the photographer.

Subjects

• Gelatin silver prints > 1960-1969
• Portrait photographs > 1960-1969
• Washington (D.C.)
• African Americans > Economic & social conditions > Washington (D.C.) > 1960-1969
• Arson > Washington (D.C.) > 1960-1969
• Race riots > Washington (D.C.) > 1960-1969
• African American neighborhoods > Washington (D.C.)
• Poor People's Campaign

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1960-1969.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1960-1969.

Note

• Title based on photo captions.
• Most photographs have typewritten photographer's name label attached to recto. All items bear handwritten captions on verso. Most items bear North Manhattan Project hand stamp on verso; one item bears photography studio's hand stamp on verso. All items are mounted.
• Most items are identified as part of the photographer's Poor People's Campaign Exhibit held at the Countee Cullen Branch Library, of the New York Public Library, in Harlem, New York, in August 1968. Exhibit was sponsored by the North Manhattan Project.

Terms of Use (note)

• Collection may be under copyright; permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

• Phillda Ragland-Njau, born in 1939 in Plainfield, New Jersey, is a photographer and art center sponsor. She was the first Black woman photographer sent on overseas assignments for the United Presbyterian Church, having been made the manager of production for the filmstrips and photography section of the Church's Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations, Overseas Department in 1969. Her assignments abroad included photographing church sponsored economic and social projects in locations such as Africa and Latin America. In the mid-1970s, Ragland-Njau met her husband, Tanzanian artist Elimo Hjau, who invited her to join the East African International Arts Program, which sponsors two art centers, PaaYaPaa Art Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, and Kibo Art Gallery, in Marangu, Tanzania. She currently resides in Nairobi, still afilliated with this program.

Call Number

Sc Photo Portfolio (Ragland-Njau, P.)

OCLC

1281722684

Author

Ragland-Njau, Phillda, photographer.

Title

Photographs from the Poor People's Campaign exhibit, 1968 / Phillda Ragland.

Production

1968.

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Collection may be under copyright; permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

Phillda Ragland-Njau, born in 1939 in Plainfield, New Jersey, is a photographer and art center sponsor. She was the first Black woman photographer sent on overseas assignments for the United Presbyterian Church, having been made the manager of production for the filmstrips and photography section of the Church's Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations, Overseas Department in 1969. Her assignments abroad included photographing church sponsored economic and social projects in locations such as Africa and Latin America. In the mid-1970s, Ragland-Njau met her husband, Tanzanian artist Elimo Hjau, who invited her to join the East African International Arts Program, which sponsors two art centers, PaaYaPaa Art Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, and Kibo Art Gallery, in Marangu, Tanzania. She currently resides in Nairobi, still afilliated with this program.

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Greenspan Photo (New York, N.Y.)

North Manhattan Project, sponsor.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Portfolio (Ragland-Njau, P.)