About This Item

  • TitleMusicians and dancers participating in Tribute to the Ancestors ceremony on the Coney Island beach.
  • Call NumberGORE_0055
  • Cite AsBob Gore photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMusicians and dancers participating in Tribute to the Ancestors, part of Brooklyn Arts Council’s Harborlore Festival, June 14, 2008 at Coney Island. Waterfront ceremony memorializing enslaved Africans who died at sea in their forced passage to the Americas. Procession across beach includes woman carrying flag with the outlines of the United States flag, and the red, black and green colors of the Pan-African flag.
  • Date2008
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : color ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genrecolor photographs
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger
  • CreatorGore, Bob (Robert L.)
  • SubjectAfrican Americans ; Rites and ceremonies ; Slave trade--History ; Processions
  • CollectionBob Gore photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (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 OwnerGore, Robert, Jr.