Research Catalog

Title

[Photographs] / Robert A. Sengstacke.

Author

Sengstacke, Robert A. (Robert Abbott), 1943-2017

Publication

• 1965-2004.
• ©1965-2004

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Details

Additional Authors

Sengstacke Enterprises, copyright holder.

Description

• 122 items (.6 cubic ft., 2 boxes); 17 x 24 cm
• 86 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ; 21 x 26 cm
• 28 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ; 28 x 36 cm
• 8 greeting cards : halftone photomechanical, black and white ;

Summary

• Depictions of individuals and events related to the American civil rights movement, Black political activism, and the Nation of Islam, during the mid-1960s to mid-1970s, consisting of candid shots of public figures and private citizens; group portraits of children and activists; and views of rallies and marches, conventions, speeches and press conferences, a religious gathering, a funeral procession, and local and military law enforcement. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is prominently depicted in individual portraits and civil rights events. Of note are views of the march and rally from the third Selma to Montgomery (Alabama) March (1965); the march in support of striking Memphis, Tennessee, sanitation workers (1968); the funeral procession for Dr. King in Atlanta, Georgia (1968); separate Nation of Islam Savior's Day rallies in Chicago, Illinois (ca. 1966 and 1972); and the National Black Political Conventions held in Gary, Indiana (1972) and Little Rock, Arkansas (1974).
• Other individuals depicted include civil rights activists Coretta Scott King, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Andrew Young and John Lewis; celebrity/activists Dick Gregory and Harry Belafonte; writers James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka and Haki R. Madhubuti; Nation of Islam leaders Elijah Muhammad and Louis Farrakhan; and South African Bishop Desmond Tutu speaking in New York City (1988). Images used for greeting cards are from a photo series depicting African American communities in Chicago and the American South (1960s-1970s).

Subject

• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
• Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)
• National Black Political Convention (1972 : Gary, Ind.)
• National Black Political Convention (1974 : Little Rock, Ark.)
• African Americans > Civil rights
• African American civil rights workers
• African American political activists
• African Americans > Political activity > 1970-1979
• Black Muslims
• African Americans > Social lfe and customs
• Civil rights demonstrations > Alabama > Montgomery > 1960-1969
• Religious meetings > Illinois > Chicago > 1960-1979
• Political conventions > United States > 1970-1979
• Demonstrations > United States > 1960-1969

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1960-2009.
• Group portraits – 1960-2009.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1960-2009.
• Greeting cards – 1980-1989.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Most photographs bear photographer's handstamp on verso; some items bear photographer's hand stamp on labels attached to verso.Some items bear photographer's signature on recto.
• Many items bear handwritten captions on verso; some items bear typewritten caption labels attached to verso. Some items are duplicates.
• Some items are photomechanical reproductions of photographs used on commercial greeting cards.
• Some items that were captured during the 1960s and 1970s were later printed in 2004.

Terms of Use (note)

• Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

• Robert Abbott Sengstacke, born 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, was an African American photojournalist and freelance photographer known for documenting the American civil rights movement during the 1960s to 1970s; his work as staff photographer for Muhammad Speaks, the newspaper of the Nation of Islam; and his depictions of African American communities in Chicago and the American South. Sengstacke had worked for his family's newspaper business for over 50 years, including freelancing for the Chicago Defender and serving as President of Sengstacke Enterprises. He also operated a stock photography business and a video production company. Sengstacke died in 2017, in Hammond, Indiana, age 73.

Call Number

Sc Photo Portfolio (Sengstacke, R.)

OCLC

1287862678

Author

Sengstacke, Robert A. (Robert Abbott), 1943-2017, photographer.

Title

[Photographs] / Robert A. Sengstacke.

Production

1965-2004.

Copyright Date

©1965-2004

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

Robert Abbott Sengstacke, born 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, was an African American photojournalist and freelance photographer known for documenting the American civil rights movement during the 1960s to 1970s; his work as staff photographer for Muhammad Speaks, the newspaper of the Nation of Islam; and his depictions of African American communities in Chicago and the American South. Sengstacke had worked for his family's newspaper business for over 50 years, including freelancing for the Chicago Defender and serving as President of Sengstacke Enterprises. He also operated a stock photography business and a video production company. Sengstacke died in 2017, in Hammond, Indiana, age 73.

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Sengstacke Enterprises, copyright holder.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Portfolio (Sengstacke, R.)