<I>Valerie Wilson at the Intercommunal Youth Institute, Oakland, 1971</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1971, printed 2014
name: label: Photograph by
content: Stephen Shames, American, born 1947
label: Subject of
content: Valerie Wilson, born 1955
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of a young girl student, Valerie Wilson, standing next to a blackboard in a classroom at the Intercommunal Youth Institute in Oakland, California. She is wearing a school uniform, including a white button-down blouse, a skirt and a beret. Her left hand rests on the top edge of the blackboard. She is looking up and out of frame to the proper left side. Behind Wilson are other students, school desks, and posters on the wall, including a poster of Huey Newton.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
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: 2014.123.1
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Stephen Shames
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 (Sheet): 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 18 5/8 × 12 1/2 in. (47.3 × 31.8 cm)