Color slide of Poitier and Belafonte at a fundraiser at Boston Garden: Museum Object and Cultural History
Color slide of Poitier and Belafonte at a fundraiser at Boston Garden: Date: October 27, 1967. Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021. Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968.
The object in the museum catalogue
This color slide depicts Harry Belafonte embracing Sidney Poitier on stage. Harry Belafonte wears a dark shirt and pants. He shakes the hand and embraces another individual wearing a dark suit. A microphone on a stand is visible behind them.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: October 27, 1967
- Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
- Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Subject of: Harry Belafonte Jr., American, 1927 - 2023
- Subject of: Sidney Poitier, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022
- Type: color slides
- Medium: reversal film and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
- Place depicted: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Entertainers
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Object number: 2015.245.248
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Robert Houston Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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