Broadside No. 54: Museum Object and Cultural History
Broadside No. 54: Date: 1971. Written by: Lawrence C. Riley, American, born 1947. Written by: Robert L. Robinson, American, born 1946.
The object in the museum catalogue
Four poems published by Broadside Press as Broadside No. 54, printed in black ink on a single sheet of yellow paper folded in half to form four pages. On the cover is the poem "Ebony Woman" written by Lawrence C. Riley. The interior left page contains the poem titled "Growing Pains" written by Thomas Washington Jr. The interior right page contains two poems. At top, "Convict Warrior No. 122088" written by a poet identified as "Robert L." Beginning at the center of this page and continuing onto the back page is "Sisters Love to Rap" by Mabarut Khalil Malik. At bottom center of the back page is the copyright, broadside number, and publisher information. There are no inscriptions.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1971
- Written by: Lawrence C. Riley, American, born 1947
- Written by: Robert L. Robinson, American, born 1946
- Written by: Mabarut Khalil Malik
- Written by: Thomas Washington Jr.
- Published by: Broadside Press, founded 1965
- Type: poems
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W (closed): 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (open): 11 x 17 in. (27.9 x 43.2 cm)
- Place printed: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Black Press
- Topic: Literature
- Topic: Mass media
- Topic: Men
- Topic: Poetry
- Topic: Prisons
- Topic: Race discrimination
- Object number: 2013.154.21
- 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: © Broadside Press 1971 Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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