"Edward A. Oquendo, co-initiator of B.A.N.D. (Blacks Against Negative Dying)"

Carl Fischer, artist

1924–2023

"Edward A. Oquendo, co-initiator of B.A.N.D. (Blacks Against Negative Dying)", 1967

Portfolio/Series title: “The American Negro Is Dead. . . and risen as a black man of the world, soul brother to non-whites everywhere. Don’t look now, honky, but some of his best friends are Vietcong,” published in Esquire

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: board; gelatin silver print

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 50.4 x 37.1 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 19 13/16 x 14 5/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 50.5 x 40.6 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 50.5 x 40.6 cm
Mount Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 55.7 x 45.6 x 0.3 cm
Mount Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 21 15/16 x 17 15/16 x 0 1/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 25 x 20 in

Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.

Accession number: 1980.0939

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Politics, Race, Celebrity: Photographs from the Esquire Collection

Edward Oquendo serves as the symbol of resistance in Esquire’s article about the shifting attitudes of African Americans regarding the Vietnam War and the emergence of the Black Power Movement. William Worthy writes about Black men refusing and resisting military service. This posed a threat to the U.S. effort in Vietnam, because the U.S. military relied on a disproportionate percentage of Black soldiers. Oquendo was later sentenced to five years in federal prison for dodging the draft.