Broadside No. 7: A Poem for Black Hearts: Museum Object and Cultural History
Broadside No. 7: A Poem for Black Hearts: Date: April 1965. Written by: Amiri Baraka, American, 1934 - 2014. Published by: Broadside Press, founded 1965.
The object in the museum catalogue
A poem titled "A Poem for Black Hearts" written by Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and published by Broadside Press as Broadside No. 7. The poem is printed on off-white paper in black ink. A solid black line is on either side of the text at the margins of the paper. The copyright, broadside number, and publisher information is printed at the bottom of the page. The back side of the page is blank.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: April 1965
- Written by: Amiri Baraka, American, 1934 - 2014
- Published by: Broadside Press, founded 1965
- Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Type: poems
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 6 5/8 in. (27.9 x 16.8 cm)
- Place printed: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Black Press
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Literature
- Topic: Mass media
- Topic: Poetry
- Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Object number: 2013.154.4
- 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: © 1965 by LeRoi Jones Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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