<I>Bayard Rustin at the NAACP Conference</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1967; printed later
name: label: Photograph by
content: Frank Espada, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Bayard Rustin, American, 1912 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
notes: label: Description
content: A digital print depicting a black-and-white image of Bayard Rustin standing on a stage and speaking to a crowd from a podium at the 1967 NAACP Conference in Albany, New York. Behind Rustin is a banner that reads [NEW YORK STATE / CONFERENCE OF / N.A.A.C.P. BRANCHES]. There are several people standing below and by the banner, on the stage and behind Rustin. To the left of Rustin is a poster held up reading [JOIN NAACP] with an image of the scales of justice. The building in the background has tall, arched windows.
label: Description
content: Rustin is at the center of the image. He is wearing a dark suit with white shirt and dark tie. The podium is set with several microphones. His proper right hand is in motion, indicating gesturing while speaking.
label: Description
content: There are no inscriptions on the front of the print. On the back, in the lower right-hand corner is an inscription written in pencil on a piece of paper attached to the print.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Albany, Albany County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Oratory
label: Topic
content: Photography
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: 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: 2021.53.29
objectType: label: Type
content: inkjet 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: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)