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Free Angela demonstration in front of the Criminal Court Building in Lower Manhattan, where Angela Davis is being held after she was arrested in New York on October 13, 1970

October 1970; printed 2021

Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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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 black-and-white archival print of demonstrators protesting to support Angela Davis in front of the Criminal Courts Building in Lower Manhattan. Protestors hold fists in the air, and those in the background hold banners. Several protesters wear pinback buttons on their jacket lapels. In background is a concrete and brick building facade. On back at top left in pencil is [1970 - New York]; at center is [Stephen Shames / 2/10].

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Catalog reference: 2022.11.2

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