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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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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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Léon-Gontran Damas photograph collection

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

Léon-Gontran Damas photograph collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1969
Library locations
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
Topics
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
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15038021
MSS Unit ID: 20679
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 662d91c0-c62b-012f-91eb-58d385a7bc34
Copyright Notice
© Melvin Edwards
Rights Statement
This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Item timeline of events

  • 1912: Creator Born
  • 1969: Created
  • 1978: Creator Died
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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/8e088a29-1665-1659-e040-e00a1806213e

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 7, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e088a29-1665-1659-e040-e00a1806213e

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/8e088a29-1665-1659-e040-e00a1806213e

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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