Photograph of The Last Poets with Woodie King, Jr. and Amiri Baraka: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Black-and-white group photograph of Woodie King, Jr., African-American director and producer and Amiri Baraka, American writer of poetry with members of New York-based spoken word group, The Last Poets. From left to right: Woodie King, Jr., David Nelson, Gylan Kain, Imani Baraka, and Felipe Luciano. The subjects' names are inscribed along the bottom of the photograph.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1969
• Created by: Monroe S. Frederick II, American, born 1935
• Subject of: Woodie King Jr., American, born 1937
• Subject of: David Nelson, American
• Subject of: Gylan Kain, American
• Subject of: Amiri Baraka, American, 1934 - 2014
• Produced by: Felipe Luciano, American, born 1947
• Owned by: Herbert Danska, American, born 1927
• Subject of: The Last Poets, American, founded 1968
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Identity
• Topic: Literature
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Poetry
• Topic: Resistance
• Object number: 2012.21.5.1
• 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: © Monroe S. Frederick II Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.