About This Item


  • TitleLouis Reyes Rivera
  • Call NumberSHBZ_0092
  • Cite AsJamel Shabazz photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryPortrait of Louis Reyes Rivera wearing a fedora hat and a dashiki. Rivera was a poet, essayist, editor, teacher, radio host, and union organizer. The image is not dated.
  • Date[200-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 4 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraitssnapshots
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorShabazz, Jamel, 1960-
  • SubjectRivera, Louis Reyes, 1945-2012 ; African American men -- New York (State) -- New York ; African American poets -- 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-