Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Angela Davis after her acquittal, San Jose, June 4, 1972
June 4, 1972; printed 2021
San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, United States, North and Central America
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 after her acquittal. She is framed by two out-of-focus individuals in the foreground at right and left. She stands in profile facing the viewer's left. She wears hoop earrings and a paisley and floral garment. Her hands are at her chest clasping something obscured by the individual at left. On back at top left in pencil is [1972 - San Jose]; at center is [Stephen Shames / 2/10].
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Catalog reference: 2022.11.20
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