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- Making a Way Gallery
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- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Written by
- Baraka, Amiri, American, 1934 - 2014
- Published by
- Broadside Press, founded 1965
- Subject of
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Date
- April 1965
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 x 6 5/8 in. (27.9 x 16.8 cm)
- Description
- 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.
- Statement
- Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
- Place printed
- Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
- Type
- poems
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.154.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1965 by LeRoi Jones
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




