Tommy Jimenez, Leader of the Latin Eagles

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Tommy Jimenez standing in front of a graffitied brick and concrete wall in Chicago. Pictured from the knees up, Jimenez is wearing dark colored bottoms, a white tank top and headphones around his neck. He is posed standing straight with his arms by his side. Behind him, the wall is graffitied with “LATIN EAGLES HOOD! ‘NAG’.” Jimenez, at the time the photo was taken, was president of the Latin Eagles, a predominantly Puerto Rican gang founding in Chicago, IL around 1964. In the far distance is the entrance to an alley way with the following graffitied upside [P.R.S.]. There are no inscriptions on the front of the print. The back of the print is inscribed with the subject’s information, the photographer’s signature and stamp, and an label for the Puerto Rican Diaspora Documentary Project.

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