Photograph of a Young Lords Party Rally at Queens County Jail
date: label: Date
content: 1969; printed 2014
name: label: Photograph by
content: Hiram Maristany, American, 1945 - 2022
label: Subject of
content: Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969
label: Subject of
content: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
label: Subject of
content: Bobby Seale, American, born 1936
label: Subject of
content: Rafael Viera, American, born 1948
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Caption
content: This image captures a 1969 rally that the Black Panthers and Young Lords organized to protest an array of unjust arrests and jail sentences amongst the two groups, namely those of Bobby Seale of the Black Panthers, the Panther 21, and Young Lords Party member, Rafael Viera.
label: Description
content: This image shows a large crowd of standing individuals at a Black Panthers and Young Lords Party rally. Most are pictured in profile, facing the left side of the image, with a fist raised, or their hands cupped around their mouths, and appear to be yelling or singing. Many wear berets with [TENGO PUERTO RICO / EN MI / CORAZON] / [YLO] pins, [YOUNG LORDS PARTY] pins with the Puerto Rican flag, and another pin with an individual’s face on it with writing around the upper curve. Along the back, some participants stand on a raised surface above the rest of the crowd. The upper left quadrant of the photograph shows a poster with a bisected closeup illustration of an individual with a cropped haircut. The middle upper portion of the photograph shows a handmade [WANTED] sign. The upper right quadrant of the photo shows a hand holding up a white pole. The photograph cuts off the top of the pole. The lower portion of the photograph shows closeups of the various individuals at the rally. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place captured
content: Queens, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Decolonization
label: Topic
content: Gesture
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Political organizations
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Resistance
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: African American - Latinx Solidarity
label: Movement
content: Young Lords Movement
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: 2014.220.1
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Hiram Maristany
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 15 3/4 × 19 5/16 in. (40 × 49.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 16 1/16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.8 × 50.6 cm)