- 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.




