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

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)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place depicted

Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date

March 30, 1972, printed 2014

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].

Topic

African American

Black power

Oratory

Photography

Politics (Practical)

Race relations

Resistance

Social reform

United States--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

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture