Broadside for a benefit event at The Black House: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A photocopy broadside advertisement for a poetry event. Comprised of black ink on white paper. In the upper proper left is a drawing of a man with a beard wearing a hat, sunglasses and a shirt and tie. Next to the image is text that reads [THE / BLACK / HOUSE / PRESENTS / BROTHER LeRoi Jones / READING / REVOLUTIONARY / POETRY / BROTHER WILLIE DALE / SINGING REVOLUTIONARY SONGS / PLUS / THE BLACK MUSICIANS / A BENEFIT TO / GET THE / BLACK HOUSE / OUT OF JAIL / FRIDAY APRIL 28TH].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1967
• Distributed by: The Black House, American, founded 1967
• Subject of: Amiri Baraka, American, 1934 - 2014
• Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
• Subject of: Willie Dale
• Owned by: Ralph Joseph Gleason, American, 1917 - 1975
• Printed by: Communication Company, American
• Type: broadsides
• Medium: toner on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
• Place depicted: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Spoken word (Poetry)
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Object number: 2011.68.2.6
• 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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