Plywood panel from a mural at Resurrection City

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

First (1) of twelve (12) painted plywood panels from the Resurrection City mural that was created and displayed in the encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. Depicted on this panel is a partial portrait of a bearded man, wearing a black and red striped shirt and green overalls, facing to the proper right with arm outstretched. In the upper left corner painted in red is: "BROTHERS / AND / SISTERS / HUNGER / IS REAL [underlined] / AND YOU BETTER / BELIEVE IT! DIG." Along the top edge is the beginning of the phrase "HUNGER'S WALL" in large black capital letters. Along the bottom edge is the text "PROBE THE DRUM" in orange, purple and green. This segment is the upper left corner panel, and the beginning of the series of four (4) panels that form the top portion of the Hunger Wall.

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