James Baldwin

Artist Dan Budnik born 1933 Long Island, New York

Sitter James Baldwin 1924 Harlem, New York - 1987 Saint-Paul de Vence, France

Sitter James Forman 1928 Chicago, Illinois - 2005 Washington, D.C.

Date3/25/1965

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions11 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (29.8 × 19.7 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, 1997 General Obligation Bonds

Object numberPC1999.53.55

DescriptionJames Baldwin and James Forman are seen conversing around the staging area in Montgomery, Alabama at the end of the Selma to Montgomery march in this black and white photograph. A large crowd is gathered in the photograph which stretches into the background. In the foreground James Baldwin is wearing a checkered shirt and jacket. He is talking to a marcher with a plastic hood pulled over their head though his eyes are looking towards the viewer. At the left edge of the photograph is James Forman, a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Forman is looking at baldwin and is wearing a white shirt. Behind them multiple flags of the United States of America can be seen on flag poles held above the crowd. There are also buildings and trees visible in the distance.

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