Photograph of Spike Lee directing Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" video

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A color photograph of Spike Lee in front of a portrait of Malcolm X. He wears a white t-shirt with red text reading "Fight the Power" over a black long sleeve shirt and a blue New York Knicks baseball cap. Around his neck is a necklace with a large, round medallion. At the center of the medallion is the Public Enemy logo depicting a crosshair target the figure of a man in the center . His right leg is bent and resting on an unseen object. His proper right elbow is resting on his right leg and his left hand is holding on to an orange and white megaphone. Behind him is a large black and white image of Malcolm X. On the verso is an inscription by Bill Adler, handwritten in blue ink reading [Spike Lee, Brklyn (sic), 1989 / By Michael Benabib].

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