- Photograph by
- Espada, Frank, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1964; printed later
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
- Description
- A digital print depicting a black-and-white image of a young boy smiling and holding up fliers with his proper left hand in New York City. He is standing in front of a brick building with a metal gate on the left. The young boy is wearing a dark color hoodie with a white collared shirt underneath. On his head is a leather trapper hat with a bill.
- The flyer visibly reads: [¡Fuera con las Escuelas Segregados! / ¡Fuera con las Escuelas Inferiores! / HUELGA / No Mande Sus / Niños a la Escuela / LUNES / FEB. 3 / Niños se atenderán en las / Escuelas de la Libertad / TR 7-2581 TR 7-9513]. The translation for the flyer is: [Out with segregated schools! / Out with inferior schools! / BOYCOTT / Do not send your / children to school / MONDAY / FEB. 3 / Children will attend / Freedom Schools / TR 7-2581 TR 7-9513].
- There are no inscriptions on the print, front or back.
- Place depicted
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- portraits
- inkjet prints
- Topic
- Activism
- Children
- Civil rights
- Communities
- Education
- Freedom
- Multilingual communication
- Photography
- Race relations
- Segregation
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Urban life
- 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
- 2021.53.25
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Estate of Frank Espada
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.