On 28 March 1974, Angela Davis and Toni Morrison walked down a street in New York City, and photographer Jill Krementz took a picture of them. One student in my Morrison seminar said Davis looks more "closed", with her hands clasped across her stomach and her jacket buttoned up, while Morrison looks more "open", with her jacket open, her throat uncovered, and her right arm swinging by her side. Another student pointed out that their Afro makes them look like it was the 1970s (as it was). I added that Morrison had published two novels already, but she was still a Random House editor, and Davis was one of her authors. (Andrew Shields, #111words, 20 February 2025)
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