<I>for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1975
name: label: Published by
content: Shameless Hussy Press, 1968 - 1989
label: Written by
content: Ntozake Shange, American, 1948 - 2018
label: Illustrated by
content: Wopo Holup, American
notes: label: Description
content: A red booklet of poems entitled, “for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf,” written by Ntozake Shange. The images in the booklet were illustrated by Wopo Holup. The booklet has a red cover with an illustration of a budding rose with feathers tied to the stem. The title text on the top of cover reads [FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/ / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF]. Below the title is the text [Ntosake Shange] and in the bottom right corner is the text [.95]. The booklet is twenty-six pages with a dedication page. On the frontispiece is an illustration printed in purple ink of Ntozake Shange in profile view with a rose dangling from her ear. At the bottom of the illustration is a large butterfly. The other illustration is on page twenty-four, and it is also printed in purple ink. It is a rose in a glass Pepsi bottle with three feathers lying at the base of the bottle. Along the spine is the text [for colored girls who have considered suicide / ntozake shange / shameless hussy press]. There is an inscription in red ink on the dedication page.
place: label: Place printed
content: San Lorenzo, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Feminism
label: Topic
content: Gender
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Sexuality
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Wopo Holup
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.85.2
objectType: label: Type
content: pamphlets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: copyright © Ntosake [sic] Shange 1975
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper and metal
label: Dimensions
content: Closed: 8 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 1/8 in. (21.6 x 13.7 x 0.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Open: 8 1/2 x 11 3/16 x 3/16 in. (21.6 x 28.4 x 0.5 cm)