<I>Dizzy Gillespie - Boston Gardens, Boston, Mass. - 1967</I>
date: label: Date
content: October 27, 1967
name: label: Photograph by
content: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993
notes: label: Description
content: This image depicts Dizzy Gillespie standing and singing in front of a microphone at a civil rights fundraiser with Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Holding his trumpet in his left hand, he grasps the microphone with his right. Wearing a dark pinstripe suit and heavy dark rimmed glasses, he stands straight with his head thrown back and mouth open. Stage lights and an indistinct figure with a saxophone can be seen in the background.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.116.14
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: digital media - born analog
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Robert Houston
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 5470 pixels × 5545 pixels, 57.86 MB