Angela Davis speaks in DeFremery Park at a Free Huey rally, Oakland, November 12, 1969
- Photograph by
- Shames, Stephen, American, born 1947
- Subject of
- Davis, Angela Y., American, born 1944
- Date
- November 12, 1969; printed 2021
- Medium
- ink on paper with graphite
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 11 15/16 × 8 in. (30.4 × 20.3 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white archival print of Angela Davis speaking at a Free Huey rally at DeFremery Park in Oakland, California. She stands at a microphone with left arm akimbo and a sheaf of papers in her right hand. She wears a striped dress and button depicting Huey Newton on her chest. To her left, the elbow of a second individual appears in frame. Davis is standing in front of the DeFremery Recreation Center, a Victorian-style house sited in the park. On back at top left in pencil is [1969 - Oakland]; at center is [Stephen Shames / 2/10].
- Place depicted
- Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- pigment prints
- portraits
- inkjet prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2022.11.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 2021, Stephen Shames
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.