Cassette of Last Poets performance at Auburn Correctional Facility: Museum Object and Cultural History
Cassette of Last Poets performance at Auburn Correctional Facility: Date: April 29, 1978. Recorded by: The Last Poets, American, founded 1968. Owned by: Suliaman El-Hadi, American, 1936 - 1995.
The object in the museum catalogue
Black cassette tape with white and pink label. Handwritten information appears on both sides of cassette tape. Side 1 of cassette tape has handwritten information reading, [THE Last PoEts & M.P.C. At/AubuRn CoRRECtional Facility/#2/4-29-78]. Side 2 of cassette tape has handwritten information reading, [PoEts & M.P.C.].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: April 29, 1978
- Recorded by: The Last Poets, American, founded 1968
- Owned by: Suliaman El-Hadi, American, 1936 - 1995
- Type: audio cassettes
- Medium: plastic and tape
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 9/16 × 4 × 1/2 in. (6.5 × 10.2 × 1.3 cm)
- Place depicted: Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Prisons
- Topic: Spoken word (Poetry)
- Object number: 2014.40.6
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Qaddafi El-Hadi in memory of Suliaman El-Hadi
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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