<I>Untitled (Charles Peaker Street Speaker, head of ANPM after Carlos Cooks passed away, on 125th street)</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1968; printed 2016
name: label: Photograph by
content: Kwame Brathwaite, American, 1938 - 2023
label: Subject of
content: Charles Peaker, American
label: Subject of
content: Carlos Cooks, Dominican American, 1913 - 1966
label: Subject of
content: African Nationalist Pioneer Movement, American, founded 1941
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph, Untitled (Charles Peaker Street Speaker, head of ANPM after Carlos Cooks passed away, on 125th street), by Kwame Brathwaite. The photograph depicts Charles Peaker, the head of the African Nationalist Pioneer Movement (ANPM), standing on the corner of 125th Street, above a crowd of people. He is shown from the waist up, standing in profile, and facing the left edge of the photograph. He is wearing a dark shirt with two square metal pips at the collar and a patch over the top of his proper left arm and a leopard print, wedge cap. Behind him are two partially visible flags, including an American flag. The other flag has sign attached to the top that reads [BUY BLACK]. There are three partially visible people with their backs to the viewer, standing below Peaker, listening to him. On the left is a street sign with a partially visible sign that read [[1?]25th] and a parking sign on the right. The square shaped image has a thick white border. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
place: label: Place captured
content: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Black is Beautiful
label: Movement
content: BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
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: 2021.26.13
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Courtesy of the Kwame Brathwaite Archive & Philip Martin Gallery, © Kwame Brathwaite
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15 × 15 in. (38.1 × 38.1 cm)