Photograph of Nina Simone, Langston Hughes, and Godfry Cambridge

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A gelatin silver print photograph of Nina Simone wearing a white dress and standing in between Langston Hughes, on the left, and Godfrey Cambridge, on the right. Both Hughes and Cambridge wear medium-colored suits. The photo was taken after a concert at Carnegie Hall. The trio stand in a carpeted interior space, with a small crowd of people visible in the background. On the verso is the photographer's stamp [Please Credit: / Photo by / Bernard Gotfryd]. There are no other marks or inscriptions.

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