Photographic slide of Barbara Smith at a National Gay Rights March
date: label: Date
content: 1993
name: label: Photograph by
content: Dr. Ron Simmons, American, 1950 - 2020
label: Subject of
content: Barbara Smith, American, born 1946
notes: label: Description
content: A color photographic slide featuring activist Barbara Smith with a group of people. She is holding a folded yellow banner and wears three buttons on her red blouse. The button closest to her left arm has two parallel white stripes. The top stripe is interrupted by overlapping Mars symbols and the bottom stripe is interrupted by overlapping Venus symbols. The button in the middle is white with the words [Revolutionary sisters of color] written in the middle in pink ink. The third button, which is closest to her right shoulder, is rectangular with a black background and white words and drawings. The word [BLACK] is written at the top of the button and faces are drawn in white ink below, occupying most of the button. Below the drawings, [LESBIANS & GAYS] is printed and the words [PRIDE DAY 93] are at the bottom. Thus, the entire pin reads [BLACK LESBIANS AND GAYS PRIDE DAY 93]. Behind and to her proper right is a crowd of people. In the background over her proper left shoulder is a blue and white placard reading [End Discrimination! LIFT THE MILITARY BAN].
label: Description
content: The number [34] is printed in black ink on the top left corner of the front of the gray encasement that houses the slide. On the back of the encasement, [7] is written in what appears to be graphite.
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
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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: TA2019.38.1.1.1.6
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)