<I>Denise Oliver at the Young Lords Church Takeover</I>
date: label: Date
content: December 28, 1969
name: label: Photograph by
content: Frank Espada, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Denise Oliver, American, born 1947
label: Subject of
content: Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Denise Oliver, a member of the New York Young Lords Organization, at the 1969 takeover of the First Spanish United Methodist Church in East Harlem. The image captures Oliver from the neck up. She is wearing a fur coat and a metal bead like choker. She has snowflakes in her hair.
label: Description
content: There are no inscriptions on the front of the print. On the back of the print is the photographer's signature.
place: label: Place depicted
content: East Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Urban life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: The Young Lords
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 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: 2021.53.31
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
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: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)