Photograph of Denise Oliver, Young Lords Party

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A black and white photograph of Denise Oliver amid a crowd of people. Oliver is at the center of the photograph and looks to the right. She wears a leather jacket with a popped collar and a beret with three pin back buttons promoting the Young Lords Party. Oliver holds a white cup in her proper left hand and a cigarette in her proper right hand between her index and middle fingers. In the lower right foreground, Mickey Agrait is partially visible in profile. An unidentified woman is behind and to the left of Oliver. On the back of the photograph there is an inscription with information about the photograph date and the photographer.

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