<I>Malcolm X - I</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1964
name: label: Photograph by
content: Frank Espada, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Malcolm X, American, 1925 - 1965
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Malcom X surround by other figures. Malcom X is shown in profile, from the shoulders up, slightly off center to the left. He is wearing a black suit jacket, white dress shirt, and black tie with sunglasses and a black hat. His proper right hand is proper on his chest, with his proper index finger pointed on his bottom chin. Facing him is another man, also wearing a dark hat and jacket. The shapes of other figures are visible surrounding them. The background of the photograph is mostly black, with a central column depicted in lighter tones. There are no inscriptions on the front of the photograph. The back of the photograph is signed by the photographer in pencil.
place: label: Place depicted
content: New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Gesture
label: Topic
content: Islam
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.53.22
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of Frank Espada
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)