Photographic slide of Poet Essex Hemphill playing chess
date: label: Date
content: 1981
name: label: Photograph by
content: Dr. Ron Simmons, American, 1950 - 2020
label: Subject of
content: Essex Hemphill, American, 1957 - 1995
notes: label: Description
content: A color photographic slide featuring poet Essex Hemphill sitting in front of a chess board. The photograph was captured at a celebration for the second anniversary of Blacklight magazine in Washington, DC. Hemphill dons a white shirt with white buttons and thin white stripes intersecting at right angles, creating small squares. He is also wearing khaki pants. He smiles as he leans towards the camera with his hands folded and his elbows on his knees. Mostly white chess pieces are visible on the board itself, however, a brown bishop and queen also on the table, in front of Hemphill, but to the side of the chess board (probably captured by Hemphill). The slide is housed in a white encasement with a [CPS LTD] logo and [WASHINGTON D.C. 202-452-1044] printed on the reverse.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: LGBTQ
label: Topic
content: Sexuality
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Ron Simmons Photography Collection
label: Classification
content: Archival Collections
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 Ron Simmons
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: TA2019.38.1.1.1.8
objectType: label: Type
content: color slides
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Ron Simmons
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: reversal film and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)