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Additional authors

1. Favorito, Marie

Found in

1. p1pc Clarke, Cheryl, 1947- Cheryl Clarke papers

Description

1. 4 items (one folder); 26 x 21 cm

Summary

1. Collection consists of studio portraits of African American lesbian writer, educator and feminist Cheryl Clarke, including a contact sheet of images taken during the same photography session (1983); and a photographic reproduction of the group portrait of Black student leaders from Douglass College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, used for the cover of Clarke's book "After Mecca: Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement" (2005). Depictions of Clarke's personal life and her career as a writer, educator and activist are not included.

Subject

1. Contact sheets > 1980-1989
2. Gelatin silver prints > 1980-2009
3. Group portraits > 2000-2009
4. Portrait photographs > 1980-1989
5. African American feminists
6. African American women educators
7. Lesbian authors > United States
8. Afican American lesbians
9. Clarke, Cheryl, 1947-

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1980-1989.
2. Group portraits – 2000-2009.
3. Gelatin silver prints – 1980-2009.
4. Contact sheets – 1980-1989.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Cheryl Clarke Collection

Note

1. Title taken from Cheryl Clarke Papers.
2. All photographs bear handwritten captions on verso, three of which are photographer's copyright information.
3. Collection contains work by Marie Favorito.

Terms of use (note)

1. Some items may be under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

1. Cheryl L. Clarke, born in 1947 in Washington, D.C., is a lesbian poet, essayist, educator and a Black feminist community activist. Clarke's work focuses on African-American women's literature, black lesbian feminism, and the Black Arts Movement in the United States. Clarke is the author of five collections of poetry; and had published "After Mecca: Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement" (2005), a study of the contributions of Black women to a field that traditionally recognized Black men, and "Days of Good Looks: Prose and Poetry, 1980-2005" (2006), a collection of published writing. Clarke has also served on the editorial collective of Conditions, an early lesbian publication; and has been published in numerous anthologies, periodicals and newspapers.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Cheryl Clarke Papers.

Author

1. Clarke, Cheryl, 1947- , collector.

Title

1. Cheryl Clarke photograph collection.

Production

1. 1983-[2005?]

Type of content

1. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Terms of use

1. Some items may be under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

1. Cheryl L. Clarke, born in 1947 in Washington, D.C., is a lesbian poet, essayist, educator and a Black feminist community activist. Clarke's work focuses on African-American women's literature, black lesbian feminism, and the Black Arts Movement in the United States. Clarke is the author of five collections of poetry; and had published "After Mecca: Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement" (2005), a study of the contributions of Black women to a field that traditionally recognized Black men, and "Days of Good Looks: Prose and Poetry, 1980-2005" (2006), a collection of published writing. Clarke has also served on the editorial collective of Conditions, an early lesbian publication; and has been published in numerous anthologies, periodicals and newspapers.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Cheryl Clarke Papers.

Local note

1. Sc MG 642

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Added author

1. Favorito, Marie, photographer.

Found in:

1. p1pc Clarke, Cheryl, 1947- Cheryl Clarke papers

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Cheryl Clarke Collection