Ravers: The Black Rock Coalition Arts Magazine: Winter 1994: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A copy of Black Rock Coalition's (BRC) Ravers magazine, Winter 1994. The title reads "RAVERS/ THE BLACK ROCK COALITION ARTS MAGAZINE" in different fonts, centered at top, with the words "Winter 1994" below to the left and "Volume 1 Number 2" below to the right. The main image of the unfolded front page is a woman wearing a black floor-length skirt, a bandeau across the breast, and an asymmetrical vest, with her hands raised behind her head and her eyes closed, on a solid background. The caption reads "MOTHER'S FINEST/ GET SET V.O.P. / RUN-DMC/ KELVYN BELL/ PATRA/ TERRI & MONICA" on the left, and "BEATNIK NOUVEAU/ ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO/ (N-DAY-GAY-O-CHELLO)" underneath, centered. The interior pages are off-white with black type and black-and-white images. Back cover has a large ad for BRC, reading "SUPPORT THE BLACK ROCK COALITION" at the top with a BRC logo underneath, with the words "TO BECOME A MEMBER SEND YOUR/ NAME AND ADDRES TO THE BLACK/ ROCK COALITION, P.O. BOX 1054,/ COOPER STATION, NEW YORK, NY/ 10276."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1994
• Published by: Positive Press Inc., American
• Edited by: Jeffrey James
• Subject of: Black Rock Coalition, American, founded 1985
• Subject of: Meshell Ndegeocello, American, born 1968
• Subject of: Mother's Finest, American, founded 1972
• Subject of: Get Set V.O.P., American, founded 1993
• Subject of: Run-D.M.C., American, 1981 - 2002
• Subject of: Patra, Jamaican, born 1972
• Type: magazines (periodicals)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (folded): 7 3/4 × 11 1/2 in. (19.7 × 29.2 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (unfolded): 14 7/8 × 11 in. (37.8 × 27.9 cm)
• Place printed: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Black Press
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Metal (Music)
• Topic: Punk (Music)
• Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
• Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
• Object number: 2015.42.14.8.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Rock Coalition - LaRonda Davis, President
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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