<I>The Angolite, Vol. 9, No. 3</I>
date: label: Date
content: May/June 1984
name: label: Edited by
content: Wilbert Rideau, American, born 1942
label: Edited by
content: Billy Sinclair, American, born 1945
label: Written by
content: Tommy Mason
label: Illustrated by
content: Larry Stegall
label: Subject of
content: Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
notes: label: Description
content: This issue of The Angolite, Vol. 9, No. 3, has a large black-and-white cover photograph behind the black text of the masthead. The photo shows several men at a funeral underneath a barren tree. Grave markers are visible in the foreground and around the men's feet. Black text over the photograph at the bottom reads "Feature: / DYING IN PRISON." The cover story includes information about the prison graveyard and has interviews with some elderly and unwell prisoners. Other articles in the issue deal with information about the pardon system, a committee set up to keep track of those with long-term sentences seeking clemency, a book review, and regular features such as sports coverage and poetry. The final interior page includes subscription information. The back cover has a line drawing of two men in a horse-drawn cart filled with cotton. There are 102 interior pages and the magazine is bound with two (2) metal staples.
place: label: Place made
content: West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Funeral customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Health
label: Topic
content: Journalism
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Prisons
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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 Wilbert Rideau and Linda LaBranche
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.139.1.4
objectType: label: Type
content: magazines (periodicals)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Wilbert Rideau
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 11 1/8 × 8 3/4 × 3/8 in. (28.3 × 22.2 × 1 cm)