Bayard Rustin at the NAACP Conference
- Photograph by
- Espada, Frank, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014
- Subject of
- Rustin, Bayard, American, 1912 - 1987
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Date
- 1967; 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 Bayard Rustin standing on a stage and speaking to a crowd from a podium at the 1967 NAACP Conference in Albany, New York. Behind Rustin is a banner that reads [NEW YORK STATE / CONFERENCE OF / N.A.A.C.P. BRANCHES]. There are several people standing below and by the banner, on the stage and behind Rustin. To the left of Rustin is a poster held up reading [JOIN NAACP] with an image of the scales of justice. The building in the background has tall, arched windows.
- Rustin is at the center of the image. He is wearing a dark suit with white shirt and dark tie. The podium is set with several microphones. His proper right hand is in motion, indicating gesturing while speaking.
- There are no inscriptions on the front of the print. On the back, in the lower right-hand corner is an inscription written in pencil on a piece of paper attached to the print.
- Place depicted
- Albany, Albany County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- inkjet prints
- Topic
- Activism
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Communities
- Oratory
- Photography
- 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
- 2021.53.29
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Estate of Frank Espada