Edited by
Rideau, Wilbert, American, born 1942
Glover, Michael, 1949 - 1996
Written by
Goodlow, Clarence
Dennis, Douglas, American, 1935 - 2009
Nelson, Lane
Elliott, Keith, died 1996
Subject of
Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
Date
November/December 1993
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W x D (closed): 11 × 8 3/8 × 5/8 in. (27.9 × 21.3 × 1.6 cm)
Description
This issue of The Angolite magazine, Vol. 18, No. 6, has a blue-toned photograph on the cover featuring a woman barrel-racing in front of a crowd of spectators seated in bleachers at the annual prison rodeo. The featured story in this issue concentrates on inflated pricing of inmate phone calls and a successful inmate boycott against them. There is also an extended review with several photographs of the rodeo events from October 1993. Regular columns including brief news reports, religious group activities, sports news, legal news, and original poetry are also included. The final interior page contains subscription information. There are seventy-four (74) interior pages and the magazine is bound with two (2) metal staples. The back cover features an illustration of a chain link fence on a gray background.
Place made
West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Books and Published Materials
Type
magazines (periodicals)
Topic
Commerce
Communication
Finance
Journalism
Justice
Men
Prisons
Resistance
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Wilbert Rideau and Linda LaBranche
Object number
2016.139.1.9
Restrictions & Rights
© Wilbert Rideau
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd553de1962-b85d-47e3-8d13-baee9995e9c5

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