Printing plate of Roy Wilkins
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1968
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Roy Wilkins, American, 1901 - 1981
label: Used by
content: The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
label: Subject of
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
notes: label: Description
content: A printing plate of Roy Wilkins, Executive Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Wilkins is featured standing at a podium, his proper left hand is holding the edge of the podium and his head is tilted towards his proper right side. He is dressed wearing a suit and a striped tie. The back has an inscription in black that reads [Roy Wilkins / 51,476].
place: label: Place made
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.18.5.7
objectType: label: Type
content: printing plates
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Chicago Defender Publishing Company
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on zinc
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5 9/16 × 3 7/8 × 1/16 in. (14.1 × 9.8 × 0.2 cm)