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Dick Gregory Makes a Point, Adelphi University

early 1980s

Garden City, Nassau County, New York, 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 photograph of Dick Gregory speaking at Adelphi University. Gregory is pictured in the center of the image from the waist up, standing behind a podium. He wears a light colored collared shirt under a dark v-neck sweater. His body faces the camera, his head turned towards the left side of the image, eyebrows raised. He holds both hands out, palms down, elbows tucked close to his waist. A microphone on a stand is in front of him, with another pointed towards him from the right side of the image, on the other side of the podium. A brick wall is visible in the dark behind him. On the verso is an adhesive label with the Eyejammie.com logo and [Title: Dick Gregory Makes a Point, Adelphi University / Photographer: Harry Allen].

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Catalog reference: 2015.132.28

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