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Broadside for the lecture "Anatomy of the Black Aesthetic; An Examination"
- Published by
- John A. Lee Recreation Center, American, founded 1961
- Subject of
- Giovanni, Nikki, American, born 1943
- Mayfield, Julian Hudson, American, 1928 - 1984
- Date
- April 1969
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 16 9/16 × 11 15/16 in. (42.1 × 30.4 cm)
- Description
- This poster is an advertisement for a lectures series. It is made up of densely-spaced decorative script in letters of black and off-white. In the center is a black rectangle filled with off-white text that reads "Anatomy of / the Black Aesthetic; / an Examination." Surrounding the center black rectangle is black text on an off-white background. Across the top text reads "Lee Cultural Center/ 440 Haverford Ave." Down the sides of the black rectangle is text that reads "Presents/ A Lecture Series." Across the bottom the text reads "Friday, April 18. 8:00PM / Nikki Giovanni - Poet+Critic / Friday, April 25. 8:00PM / Julian Mayfield - of the film "Uptight"/ Admission Free /w Ticket. BA-29041."
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place used
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Movement
- BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
- Type
- posters
- Topic
- Activism
- Graphic design
- Literature
- Poetry
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.21
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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The Black Woman: An Anthology
- Edited by
- Cade Bambara, Toni, American, 1939 - 1995
- Published by
- New American Library, Inc., American, founded 1948
- Written by
- Giovanni, Nikki, American, born 1943
- Lorde, Audre, American, 1934 - 1992
- Marshall, Paule, American, born 1929
- Walker, Alice, American, born 1944
- Lincoln, Abbey, American, 1930 - 2010
- Cade Bambara, Toni, American, 1939 - 1995
- Patton, Gwendolyn M., American, born 1943
- Covington, Francee, American
- Brown, Carole
- Lindsey, Kay, American
- Williams, Sherley Anne, American, 1944 - 1999
- Clark, Joanna
- Grant, Joanne, American, 1930 - 2005
- Sanders, Fran
- Beal, Frances M., American, born 1940
- Stokes, Gail, American
- Bond, Jean Carey, American
- Peery, Pat, American
- Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae, American, 1937 - 2016
- White, Maude
- Green, Joyce, American
- Williams, Helen, American
- Jones, Adele, American
- Robinson, Pat, American
- Boggs, Grace Lee, American, 1915 - 2015
- Brehon, Helen Cade, American
- Cook, Ann, American
- Subject of
- Baker, Ella Josephine, American, 1903 - 1986
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7 × 4 3/16 × 11/16 in. (17.8 × 10.7 × 1.7 cm)
- Description
- A paperback, fifth printing edition of The Black Woman: An Anthology published by New American Library. The front cover depicts a color headshot of a woman against a black background. The woman is depicted from the shoulders up, standing in profile with her head turned towards the viewer. She is looking over her proper left shoulder and her shoulders are nude. White text in the top right corner reads [The Black / Woman / AN ANTHOLOGY / BLACK WOMEN SPEAK OUT. / A BRILLIANT AND CHALLENGING / ASSEMBLY OF VOICES THAT / DEMAND TO BE HEARD. / EDITED AND WITH A PREFACE BY / TONI CADE]. Printed vertically in the top left corner is publisher and pricing information printed in white text that reads [SIGNET NON-FICTION · Q4317 · 95c] followed by the Signet logo of a circle divided with the letter [S]. The spine is black with white text. At the top is the Signet logo above the text [Q / 4317]. Below is the text [THE BLACK WOMAN An Anthology edited by Toni Cade]. At the bottom of the spine is the publisher's number [451-Q4317-095]. The back cover is white and has a synopsis of the book printed in black text. At the bottom is the publisher’s information, also printed in black text. The interior pages, two hundred and fifty-six (256) in total, front and back, are off-white paper with black type.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
- Type
- paperbacks
- Topic
- Feminism
- Literature
- Poetry
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.38.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Toni Cade Bambara. Permission required for use.
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Black Feeling, Black Talk
- Written by
- Giovanni, Nikki, American, born 1943
- Crosby, Barbara, American
- Published by
- Unidentified
- Date
- 1968
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 8 1/2 × 5 9/16 × 1/8 in. (21.6 × 14.1 × 0.3 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 8 1/2 × 11 1/16 × 3/8 in. (21.6 × 28.1 × 1 cm)
- Description
- A first edition, first printing of “Black Feeling, Black Talk" by Nikki Giovanni. The book has a olive paper binding held together using two metal staples at spine. The title of the book has been printed in black text, [BLACK FEELING / BLACK TALK], across the middle of the front cover. The name author is printed in black text on the bottom right. The interior of the front cover includes the copyright information, a notation that the book was [Privately Printed], and the following dedication: [This book is dedicated to Mommy, Daddy, Gary, Peppi, / and Calvin (if Gary hasn’t / changed her mind)]. The introduction was written by Barbara Crosby. The back cover is blank. The interior pages are off-white with black text and contains eighteen (18) poems and essays. The book has nineteen (19) pages which includes text that runs onto the interior back cover. Inscribed in pencil on the introduction page.
- Place printed
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Movement
- BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
- Type
- paperbacks
- Topic
- Activism
- Black power
- Civil rights
- Identity
- Poetry
- Politics
- Race relations
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.325
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Nikki Giovanni. Permission required for use.
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Black Feeling, Black Talk, Black Judgement
- Written by
- Giovanni, Nikki, American, born 1943
- Published by
- William Morrow and Company, Inc., founded 1926
- Owned by
- Furious Flower Poetry Center, American, founded 1999
- Date
- 1970
- On ViewConcourse 1, C1 053
- Exhibition
- A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 1/4 × 5 5/16 × 5/16 in. (21 × 13.5 × 0.8 cm)
- Description
- This is a paperback volume of poetry titled "Black Feeling, Black Talk/ Black Judgement" by Nikki Giovanni. The cover is done in tonal dots of brown and black that makes up an image of a crowd of people. A white rectangle is centered at the top margin. Within this rectangle is black text that reads "BLACK/ feeling/ BLACK/ talk/ BLACK/ judgement." Below the rectangle in white text are the words "poems by/ Nikki Giovanni."
- Place printed
- New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
- Type
- books
- Topic
- Feminism
- Literature
- Race discrimination
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Furious Flower Poetry Center, JMU
- Object number
- 2014.254.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Nikki Giovanni. Permission required for use.
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Photograph of Nikki Giovanni
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Furious Flower Poetry Center, American, founded 1999
- Subject of
- Giovanni, Nikki, American, born 1943
- Date
- 1950-2014
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 13/16 × 7 7/8 in. (25 × 20 cm)
- Description
- This black and white photograph depicts Nikki Giovanni. Shown from the waist up, she is seated and leans sideways on her right elbow. She holds a stack of her volumes of poetry in her right hand and leans her right cheek on the volumes. Wearing a dark sweater over a collared shirt, she gazes directly at the viewer.
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Feminism
- Literature
- Poetry
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Furious Flower Poetry Center, JMU
- Object number
- 2014.254.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Ego Tripping
- Written by
- Giovanni, Nikki, American, born 1943
- Owned by
- Furious Flower Poetry Center, American, founded 1999
- Date
- 1999
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 14 × 4 3/16 in. (35.5 × 10.7 cm)
- Description
- This is a broadside with the poem "Ego Tripping" signed by the author. Shaped as a long narrow rectangle, the broadside has the title in large letters along the left margin. At the base of the title is an image of the author. Wearing dark clothing, and shown in profile, she crouches with her elbows on her knees and turns her head towards the viewer. Across the top margin are four small images of four different women. Running down the length of the broadside is the poem's text. At the bottom of the text is the author's signature, done by hand in pen.
- Place used
- New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Movement
- BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
- Type
- broadsides
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Furious Flower Poetry Center, JMU
- Object number
- 2014.254.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Various. Permission required for use.
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The Spoken Word
- Written by
- Giovanni, Nikki, American, born 1943
- Owned by
- Furious Flower Poetry Center, American, founded 1999
- Date
- 2003
- Medium
- ink on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W: 16 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (43 × 27.8 cm)
- Description
- This is a broadside with reprints of two poems, hand signed by the author. Consisting of a long rectangular piece of cardboard with reddish brown text, it shows an image of a desk microphone at the center top margin. Next to the microphone are the words "the/ Spoken/ Word." Below the image are the words "Presented by The Camberly Collection/ January 24, 2003/ The Academy of Medicine/ Atlanta, Georgia." The two poems are presented down the center of the broadside. It is hand signed "Nikki Giovanni" in black ink at the last line of the bottom poem. Underneath the signature is the edition number, handwritten in black ink "205/400."
- Place used
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Movement
- BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
- Type
- broadsides
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Furious Flower Poetry Center, JMU
- Object number
- 2014.254.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1968, 2002 Nikki Giovanni. Permission required for use.
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Tuesday at Home Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 7
- Published by
- Tuesday Publications, Inc., American, 1965 - 1970s
- Edited by
- Evans, William Leonard Jr., American, 1914 - 2007
- Subject of
- Giovanni, Nikki, American, born 1943
- Owned by
- Robinson, Avis Collins, American, born 1954
- Created by
- Hilary, Lee, American
- Date
- October 1971
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13 × 10 7/8 in. (33 × 27.6 cm)
- Description
- Edition of Tuesday at Home Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 7. The cover has black printed text at the top and graphics below. The text reads [NATIONAL / EDITION Tuesday / at Home] with [OCTOBER 1971 · ISSUED MONTHLY] in the upper right corner. A list of topics discussed in the magazine is below this [MIDDLE INCOME BLACK FAMILIES, / ARE THEY MIDDLE CLASS? / NIKKI GIOVANNI / SPINS A SOFT BLACK SONG / FOR CHILDREN]. The front cover has an image of architect Lee Hilary’s restored townhouse in Chicago. The image shows Hilary seated on a white couch in the center of the room. He is holding an open binder. The space has a red rug in the center over a stone floor with a few pieces of furniture in the room. There is a variety of artwork, including sculpture and paintings, around the lower half of the room below the high ceiling. Text in the lower right corner reads [Architect’s Renovated Townhouse: A Triumph…A Home/PAGE 11]. There are various articles and advertisements in the issue. The back cover has a Kool cigarettes advertisement. The magazine has twenty-eight (28) pages.
- Place printed
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.17.11.15
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Tuesday Publications, Inc, 1971. Permission required for use.