- On View
- Segregation Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Issued by
- Long Island University, American, founded 1926
- Received by
- Rideau, Wilbert, American, born 1942
- Sinclair, Billy, American, born 1945
- Subject of
- Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- plastic and brass
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 14 × 9 7/16 × 1/2 in. (35.6 × 24 × 1.3 cm)
- Description
- A rectangular black wall plaque featuring an engraving in white of a quill pen and text on the upper half reading "LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY / THE / GEORGE / POLK / AWARD." A brass circular addition at the bottom left is engraved with the text "Special Interest Reporting / Wilber Rideau / The Angolite". A hole is bored into the upper center of the reverse for hanging the plaque. A label for the engraving company Malcolm & Hayes of New York City is adhered below the hole.
- Place used
- West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Awards, Medals, and Insignia
- 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
- 2016.139.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




