<I>Signs of the time</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1981; printed 2010
name: label: Photograph by
content: Jamel Shabazz, American, born 1960
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Printed by
content: Sunshine Color Lab, American
notes: label: Description
content: This color photograph shows a young man in a red jacket and pants, standing in front of a brick wall with signs on it in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York in 1981. Two of the green signs are titled: [Reaganism: Black Genocide]. They advertise African Liberation Day 1982 and contain three black and white images. Additional text reads: [We want self-determination and equal rights for black people from the U.S. to South Africa. We have no recourse but to take our struggle to the world’s people. March to the United Nations May 22nd. Meet 11 am at 125th St. & 2nd Ave. March 1 pm to UN Plaza]. The sign on the bottom advertises a boxing match and reads: The Leonard-Hearns Showdown. The back of the photograph is inscribed with the title and photographer Jamel Shabazz’s signature.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race relations
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: "Back in the Days"
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jamel Shabazz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.84.4
objectType: label: Type
content: chromogenic color prints
label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: digital prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Jamel Shabazz
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 9 3/16 × 13 11/16 in. (23.3 × 34.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)