William Pickens and Noble Sissle, New York, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

William Pickens and Noble Sissle, New York, 1940s

Date Created

[1940s?]

Date

1940/1949

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Notes

Summary

Noble Sissle was a jazz composer, bandleader and playwright.
William Pickens was a writer, orator, and official of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Description

L to R: William Pickens, Noble Sissle and an unidentified woman.
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Pickens, William, 1881-1954
Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975

Location

New York (State)--New York

Resource type

still image

Subjects

People

African American jazz musicians
African American civil rights workers