About This Item


  • TitleAfro power
  • Call NumberSHBZ_0096
  • Cite AsJamel Shabazz photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryHead of African American man, seen from behind, showing comb in the shape of a clenched fist rising from hair styled as an Afro; location unknown.
  • Date[ca. 1990]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printssnapshots
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: 2010. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorShabazz, Jamel, 1960- [photographer]
  • SubjectHairdressing of African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York ; African American men -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionJamel Shabazz photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • Copyright OwnerShabazz, Jamel, 1960-