Broadside No. 13: The Backlash Blues: Museum Object and Cultural History
Broadside No. 13: The Backlash Blues: Date: July 1967. Written by: Langston Hughes, American, 1902 - 1967. Published by: Broadside Press, founded 1965.
The object in the museum catalogue
Poem printed in black ink on light-blue paper titled Backlash Blues by Langston Hughes. Surrounding the text on the page is a narrow black border. Under the poem is the copyright and publisher address. The poem was published by Broadside press as Broadside No. 13.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: July 1967
- Written by: Langston Hughes, American, 1902 - 1967
- Published by: Broadside Press, founded 1965
- Subject of: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., American, founded 1915
- Type: poems
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 8 in. (27.9 x 20.3 cm)
- Place printed: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Black Press
- Topic: Literature
- Topic: Race discrimination
- Topic: Race relations
- Topic: Resistance
- Object number: 2013.124.2
- 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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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © 1967 by Langston Hughes Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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