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- Published by
- Positive Press Inc., American
- Edited by
- James, Jeffrey
- Subject of
- Black Rock Coalition, American, founded 1985
- Ndegeocello, Meshell, American, born 1968
- Mother's Finest, American, founded 1972
- Get Set V.O.P., American, founded 1993
- Run-D.M.C., American, 1981 - 2002
- Patra, Jamaican, born 1972
- Terri & Monica, American
- Date
- 1994
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (folded): 7 3/4 × 11 1/2 in. (19.7 × 29.2 cm)
- H x W (unfolded): 14 7/8 × 11 in. (37.8 × 27.9 cm)
- Description
- A copy of Black Rock Coalition's (BRC) Ravers magazine, Winter 1994. The title reads "RAVERS/ THE BLACK ROCK COALITION ARTS MAGAZINE" in different fonts, centered at top, with the words "Winter 1994" below to the left and "Volume 1 Number 2" below to the right. The main image of the unfolded front page is a woman wearing a black floor-length skirt, a bandeau across the breast, and an asymmetrical vest, with her hands raised behind her head and her eyes closed, on a solid background. The caption reads "MOTHER'S FINEST/ GET SET V.O.P. / RUN-DMC/ KELVYN BELL/ PATRA/ TERRI & MONICA" on the left, and "BEATNIK NOUVEAU/ ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO/ (N-DAY-GAY-O-CHELLO)" underneath, centered. The interior pages are off-white with black type and black-and-white images. Back cover has a large ad for BRC, reading "SUPPORT THE BLACK ROCK COALITION" at the top with a BRC logo underneath, with the words "TO BECOME A MEMBER SEND YOUR/ NAME AND ADDRES TO THE BLACK/ ROCK COALITION, P.O. BOX 1054,/ COOPER STATION, NEW YORK, NY/ 10276."
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Topic
- Associations and institutions
- Black Press
- Mass media
- Metal (Music)
- Punk (Music)
- Rhythm and blues (Music)
- Rock and roll (Music)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Rock Coalition - LaRonda Davis, President
- Object number
- 2015.42.14.8.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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