- Photograph by
- Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
- Subject of
- Gillespie, Dizzy, American, 1917 - 1993
- Date
- October 27, 1967
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5470 pixels × 5545 pixels, 57.86 MB
- Description
- This image depicts Dizzy Gillespie standing and singing in front of a microphone at a civil rights fundraiser with Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Holding his trumpet in his left hand, he grasps the microphone with his right. Wearing a dark pinstripe suit and heavy dark rimmed glasses, he stands straight with his head thrown back and mouth open. Stage lights and an indistinct figure with a saxophone can be seen in the background.
- Place depicted
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- portraits
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
- Object number
- 2014.116.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Robert Houston
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.