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Group portrait of (left to right): Bob Rogers, Ishmael Reed, Jayne Cortez, Léon-Gontran Damas, Romare Bearden, Larry Neal; seated: Nikki Giovanni and Evelyn Neal, in New York City, 1969

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Image ID

1953510


Item data

Title

Group portrait of (left to right): Bob Rogers, Ishmael Reed, Jayne Cortez, Léon-Gontran Damas, Romare Bearden, Larry Neal; seated: Nikki Giovanni and Evelyn Neal, in New York City, 1969

Collection

Léon-Gontran Damas photograph collection

Names

Damas, Léon-Gontran, 1912-1978 (Collector)
Edwards, Melvin, 1937- (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1969

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Léon-Gontran Damas Collection
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Léon-Gontran Damas Collection / Box 1

Subjects

Blacks -- Poetry
African American authors
African American intellectuals
Giovanni, Nikki
Reed, Ishmael, 1938-
Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988
Cortez, Jayne
Neal, Larry, 1937-
Damas, Léon-Gontran, 1912-1978
Rogers, Bob (Scupltor)
Neal, Evelyn

Genres

Photographs
Group Portraits

Notes

Content: SC-CN-95-0219

Physical Description

Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 17 x 25 cm ; black and white

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15038021
Archives ID: 20679
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 662d91c0-c62b-012f-91eb-58d385a7bc34

Access

© Melvin Edwards

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Group portrait of (left to right): Bob Rogers, Ishmael Reed, Jayne Cortez, Léon-Gontran Damas, Romare Bearden, Larry Neal; seated: Nikki Giovanni and Evelyn Neal, in New York City, 1969" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1969. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/662d91c0-c62b-012f-91eb-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1969). Group portrait of (left to right): Bob Rogers, Ishmael Reed, Jayne Cortez, Léon-Gontran Damas, Romare Bearden, Larry Neal; seated: Nikki Giovanni and Evelyn Neal, in New York City, 1969 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/662d91c0-c62b-012f-91eb-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Group portrait of (left to right): Bob Rogers, Ishmael Reed, Jayne Cortez, Léon-Gontran Damas, Romare Bearden, Larry Neal; seated: Nikki Giovanni and Evelyn Neal, in New York City, 1969" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/662d91c0-c62b-012f-91eb-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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