Advertisement for paperback novel Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A poster advertising the papberback novelization of Melvin Van Peebles' film "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." The poster features red and white text on a black background, with a black-and-white image of the book to the left. Large red text reads [SWEET SWEETBACK / bold bawdy and angry].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1971
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 6 x 16 1/16 in. (15.2 x 40.8 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Blaxploitation films
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Independent films
• Topic: Literature
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2012.82.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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