Photographs of Pioneer Valley Attica Defense Coalition benefit festival, 1974 May 4

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Photographs of Pioneer Valley Attica Defense Coalition benefit festival, 1974 May 4
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Photographer Cryan, James U., Jr.
Title Photographs of Pioneer Valley Attica Defense Coalition benefit festival, 1974 May 4
Dates 1974-05-04
Abstract Photographs of the May 4, 1974 festival of the arts organized by the Valley Attica Defense Coalition to raise money for Attica Brothers Legal Defense. Included are photos of the events held during the festival inside and outside of the Alumni Gymnasium and Athletic Complex. Performers photographed include poets Sonia Benita Sanchez and Zoe Best and the gospel group Voices of New Africa. A band (possibly the Bill Hartman Jazz Quartet) and another unidentified speaker are also photographed. These photographs are assumed to have been taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). James U. Cryan Jr. was the College Photographer from October 1972-January 1975.
Physical Description 31 photographs, Original 35mm (roll film) black and white negatives digitized positive.
Place of Production Amherst (Mass.)
Genre Photographs
Subject Amherst College – Photographs
Subject Benefit performances – Massachusetts – Amherst – Photographs
Part of Amherst College Photographer Records
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Repository Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Shelf Location Job 5-74-3
Rights Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)