Bobby Seale Speaks in the Oakland Auditorium During the Black Community Survival Conference, Oakland, California, March 30, 1972
- Photograph by
- Shames, Stephen, American, born 1947
- Subject of
- Seale, Bobby, American, born 1936
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
- Date
- March 30, 1972, printed 2014
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.6 × 50.6 cm)
- H x W (Image): 12 1/2 × 18 5/8 in. (31.8 × 47.3 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Bobby Seale speaking at the Black Community Survival Conference held in the Oakland Auditorium in Oakland, California. Seale is standing at the center of the photograph, on a stage in front of fully closed stage curtains. He is speaking into a microphone that is in the center of three (3) microphone stands set up on the stage. He is wearing an overcoat, and he is gesturing with both hands. Behind him is a man in a suit, possibly providing security. At the proper left of the photograph, a man is standing, possibly moving through the crowd. Seale stands underneath two (2) signs. The top banner reads: [BLACK COMMUNITY SURVIVAL CONFERENCE/ MARCH 29, 30, & 31/ 1972 SERVE THE PEOPLE BODY AND SOUL 1972]. The sign below the banner contains a hand-rendered picture of Huey Newton, and reads: [HUEY P. NEWTON/ SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE].
- Place depicted
- Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Black power
- Oratory
- Photography
- Politics
- Race relations
- Resistance
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.123.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Stephen Shames
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.