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Angela Davis with her lawyer Howard Moore and her nephew on his birthday, San Jose, 1972

1972; printed 2021

San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

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, Howard Moore Jr., and Davis's nephew. Moore holds a pipe in his right hand and the child in his left arm while the child blows out a candle held in Davis's right hand. Unidentified individuals at far right and left look on. Davis and Moore wear wide smiles. On back at top left in pencil is [1972 - San Jose]; at center is [Stephen Shames / 2/10].

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Catalog reference: 2022.11.15

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