Channing Phillips, the first black person ever nominated for President by a major political party, smiles after being nominated in Chicago. Phillips is the Chairman of the District of Columbia delegation.

Channing Emery Phillips (March 23, 1928 – November 11, 1987) was an American minister, Civil Rights leader and social activist. He made history as the first black nominated for President of the United States by a major political party.

On recto: typewritten title and date.

Wire photographs were originally transmitted over phonelines, then later, by satellite. They were first used in the early 1920s. Associated Press became a leader with this. After pigment touch-ups, etc., the print is put into a drum (like a drum scanner). The image gets converted into audio tones that are transmitted. The tones are received and beamed onto photo-sensitive paper. Wire photographs are copies without originals---they are hybrid, transmitted objects. (Britt Salvesen, Curator and Department Head, Photography Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 30-31, 2022)

This object has the following keywords:

• Audiences
• Banners
• Channing Phillips
• Chicago
• Civil Rights Movements
• Elections
• Injustice
• Male Portraits
• Nominations
• Racial Discrimination

• Image Dimensions: 7 5/8 x 10 3/16 in. (19.37 x 25.88 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin
• Sheet Dimensions: 8 7/16 x 10 7/8 in. (21.43 x 27.62 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin