Free Angela demonstration in front of the Criminal Court Building in Lower Manhattan, where Angela Davis is being held after she was arrested in New York on October 13, 1970
Object Details
- Description
- A black-and-white archival print of demonstrators protesting to support Angela Davis in front of the Criminal Courts Building in Lower Manhattan. Protestors hold fists in the air, and those in the background hold banners. Several protesters wear pinback buttons on their jacket lapels. In background is a concrete and brick building facade. On back at top left in pencil is [1970 - New York]; at center is [Stephen Shames / 2/10].
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Stephen Shames, American, born 1947
- Subject of
- Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- October 1970; printed 2021
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- ink on paper with graphite
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 7 13/16 × 12 in. (19.9 × 30.5 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- pigment prints
- inkjet prints
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