Photograph by:

Stephen Shames, American, born 1947  Search this

Subject of:

Howard Moore Jr., American, born 1932  Search this

Fania E. Davis Ph.D., American  Search this

Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944  Search this

Franklin Alexander, American  Search this

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

Unidentified Man or Men  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper with graphite

Dimensions:

H x W (Image): 8 × 11 15/16 in. (20.3 × 30.4 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)

Type:

black-and-white photographs

pigment prints

inkjet prints

Place depicted:

San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date:

February 1972; printed 2021

Description:

A black-and-white archival print of Angela Davis, her lawyer Howard Moore, and her sister Fania Davis seated in front of over a dozen microphones at a press conference following Angela Davis's release on bail. Standing behind the Davises is Franklin Alexander. Howard Moore and Fania Davis clap as Angela Davis smiles. A crowd behind them claps and holds fists in the air. A wall in the background has a poster of Malcolm X delivering remarks and a banner that reads [the demand to free all political prisoners / must burst out of a movement encompas- / sing the broad masses of people! ANGELA DAVIS]. On back at top left in pencil is [1972 - San Jose]; at center is [Stephen Shames / 2/10].

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Black power  Search this

Families  Search this

Justice  Search this

Photography  Search this

Prisons  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2022.11.11

Restrictions & Rights:

© 2021, Stephen Shames

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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Classification:

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55b56a717-987a-4175-948e-ad27db207b28

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2022.11.11