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  • The Lifer, November/December 1973

    Edited by
    Rideau, Wilbert, American, born 1942
    Written by
    Evans, Darryl
    Johnston, Kenneth
    Harris, Philip
    Green, Monroe
    Johnson, Cleveland
    Smith, Herman
    Illustrated by
    Jones, Donald
    Jones, Ronald
    Subject of
    Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
    Date
    November/December 1973
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (closed): 11 × 8 1/2 × 1/8 in. (27.9 × 21.6 × 0.3 cm)
    Description
    This issue of The Lifer magazine, November/December 1973, has a cover image of a black illustration and text. The illustration depicts the outline of a man in a striped jumpsuit incased in a tombstone reading "THE LIFER". His shackled hands are rising up from the tombstone. A Bible verse, Ezekial 1, 5:20-22, is printed below the illustration. Stories in this issue include concerns about lack of educational programs, psychological health for longterm confinement, and the effects of certain colors on mood and mental health. There are also poems, brief news items, and updates about clubs and sports activities at the prison. There are fifty (50) interior pages in the magazine and it is bound with three (3) metal staples. The front and back covers are of the same light paper weight as the interior pages.
    Place made
    West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Journalism
    Justice
    Men
    Prisons
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Wilbert Rideau and Linda LaBranche
    Object number
    2016.139.2.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b9fc9bba-e9e1-4629-a736-9df9109c114d
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