Photograph of a Young Lords Party march commemorating the Ponce massacre
date: label: Date
content: March 21, 1971; printed 2014
name: label: Photograph by
content: Hiram Maristany, American, 1945 - 2022
label: Subject of
content: Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969
label: Subject of
content: Prof. Luis DeGraffe, American, 1949 - 2015
label: Subject of
content: Pedro Albizu Campos, Puerto Rican, 1891 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Puerto Rican Student Union, American, 1969 - 1976
label: Subject of
content: Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, Puerto Rican, founded 1922
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Caption
content: Young Lords photographer, Hiram Maristany captured this image on March 21, 1971 when the Young Lords Party organized a commemorative march for the 1937 Ponce Massacre in Ponce, Puerto Rico. More than 7,000 Young Lords Party members participated in the march, which culminated in a rally at Plaza Borinquena.
label: Description
content: This image shows a commemorative march held by the Young Lords in the Bronx on March 21, 1971. The participants march in organized lines down the center of a city street, their proper right arms held out to their sides. The photo is taken in the center of the street, facing the marchers. At the head of the column of marchers at the left side of the image is a man wearing a large overcoat and a beret with a [TENGO PUERTO RICO / EN MI / CORAZON] / [YLO] pin attached to the front. At the front of the column of marchers on the right side of the image is a woman in a beret and a leather jacket. She has a [TENGO PUERTO RICO / EN MI / CORAZON] / [YLO] pin attached to her right collar. Her beret has another [TENGO PUERTO RICO / EN MI / CORAZON] / [YLO] pin attached alongside a [YOUNG LORDS PARTY] pin with the Puerto Rican flag. A man in a beret and denim jacket marches behind her. At the back of the marchers visible in the photo, is a large banner that reads [FREE ALL / POLITCAL PRISONERS / NOW! / INMATES LIBERATION FRONT] with an image of Puerto Rican nationalist Pedro Albizu Campo displayed on the left-hand side of the banner. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place captured
content: Bronx, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Decolonization
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Political organizations
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Resistance
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Young Lords Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.220.2
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Hiram Maristany
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 15 3/4 × 19 5/8 in. (40 × 49.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm)