Photograph by
Espada, Frank, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014
Subject of
Unidentified Woman or Women
Unidentified Man or Men
Date
1964; printed later
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 11 × 17 in. (27.9 × 43.2 cm)
Description
A digital print depicting a black-and-white image of people participating in a New York City school boycott demonstration with police officers and buses in the background. At the center of the image are three people. The woman on the right is holding a portfolio binder with her proper right arm with her hand holding a white poster reading [END / INFERIOR / SCHOOLS]. She is wearing cat eyeglasses, a watch on her proper right wrist, a patterned dress, and a dark-colored cardigan. To her proper left are two people in a side embrace, with a woman closest to her and a man to the far right. The second woman is wearing a checkered shirt, a solid-colored skirt, and a white cardigan with a with a dark colored trim and buttons on the right. The young man is holding a stack of papers and books with his proper left arm. He is wearing dark-colored pants, a white polo shirt with a path reading [[illegible] / Youth Need / Integrating], and black sunglasses. There are other people behind the man to the right of the image.
There are no inscriptions on the print, front or back.
Place depicted
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Type
inkjet prints
Topic
Activism
Children
Civil rights
Communities
Education
Photography
Race relations
Segregation
U.S. History, 1961-1969
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
Object number
2021.53.24
Restrictions & Rights
© Estate of Frank Espada
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fadac82e-4a6f-465d-af23-4f1056b24820

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