Research Catalog

Title

Amiri Baraka portrait collection [graphic].

Publication

<1965?-1989?>

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lewis, Roy.
• DuCree, Richard.
• McLucas, Le Roy.
• Wilmer, Valerie.
• Wide World Photos.

Description

• <9> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
• <2> photoprints : col. ;

Summary

Portraits of Amiri Baraka dating approximately between 1965 and 1989 including quarter-length and half-length portraits alone and with wife Amina; also one with Dean-Jamaal Barnwell; also portrait taken with wife after sentencing in 1968. Includes view of Baraka in performance.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

• Group portraits > 1960-1989
• Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
• Portrait photographs > 1960-1989
• Activists > United States > 1960-1989
• African American authors
• African American dramatists
• Silver gelatin photoprints > 1960-1989
• African American poets
• Baraka, Imina

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1960-1989.
• Group portraits – 1960-1989.
• Silver gelatin photoprints – 1960-1989.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Photographers include Roy Lewis, Wide World Photos, Richard DuCree and others.
• Some photos have descriptive information; some are duplicates.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Baraka, Imamu Amiri

OCLC

NYPG085000224-F

Title

Amiri Baraka portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1965?-1989?>

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Added Author

Lewis, Roy. Photographer

DuCree, Richard. Photographer

McLucas, Le Roy. Photographer

Wilmer, Valerie. Photographer

Wide World Photos.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Baraka, Imamu Amiri