We a BaddDDD People
- On View
- 1968 & Beyond Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
- Written by
- Sanchez, Sonia, American, born 1934
- Published by
- Broadside Press, founded 1965
- Illustrated by
- Olugebefola, Ademola, American, born 1941
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 1/4 in. (21.6 x 13.7 x 0.6 cm)
- Description
- A compilation of poems written by Sonia Sanchez and published in 1970. The book is divided into three sections: Survival Poems, Love/Songs/Chants, and TCB/EN Poems. The font cover features a black and white illustration by Ademola Olugebefola. Text at the top reads: [Broadside Press $ 1.50 / We A BaddDDD People / -Sonia Sanchez]. Below the header is black and white drawing. This copy has a note from Sanchez in 1972. The back of the cover has a black and white photograph of Sanchez.
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
- Type
- poems
- Topic
- Black Press
- Identity
- Language
- Literature
- Poetry
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Bertha Maxwell Roddey
- Object number
- 2012.22.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- ©1970 by Sonia Sanchez Knight. Permission required for use.