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Angela Davis speaks in DeFremery Park at a Free Huey rally, Oakland, November 12, 1969

November 12, 1969; printed 2021

Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America

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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 black-and-white archival print of Angela Davis speaking at a Free Huey rally at DeFremery Park in Oakland, California. She stands at a microphone with left arm akimbo and a sheaf of papers in her right hand. She wears a striped dress and button depicting Huey Newton on her chest. To her left, the elbow of a second individual appears in frame. Davis is standing in front of the DeFremery Recreation Center, a Victorian-style house sited in the park. On back at top left in pencil is [1969 - Oakland]; at center is [Stephen Shames / 2/10].

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Catalog reference: 2022.11.1

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