<I>Angela Davis relaxes during a day off from her trial, San Jose, 1972</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1972; printed 2021
name: label: Photograph by
content: Stephen Shames, American, born 1947
label: Subject of
content: Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white archival print of Angela Davis standing in a room. The image is centered on Davis, who stands in front of a coach and side table. She wears a dark dress with a shawl over it; she carries a purse over her left shoulder and papers in her right hand. She looks to the viewer's right towards a plume of smoke emanating from an individual just out of frame. On back at top left in pencil is [1972 - San Jose]; at center is [Stephen Shames / 2/10].
place: label: Place depicted
content: San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2022.11.16
objectType: label: Type
content: black-and-white photographs
label: Type
content: pigment prints
label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 2021, Stephen Shames
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with graphite
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 11 15/16 × 7 7/8 in. (30.4 × 20 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)