<I>The Black Christ and Other Poems</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1929
name: label: Published by
content: Harper & Brothers, American, 1817 - 1962
label: Written by
content: Countee Cullen, American, 1903 - 1946
label: Subject of
content: Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust, American, founded 2001
notes: label: Description
content: Powder blue and black hardback book with a decorative dust jacket which lists the text's title, author, and publisher. The front cover consists of a series of two black and white images which face and oppose each other in a pattern. The first image, where the main figure is mostly drawn in white, is of a Christ figure with his arms stretched on a cross foregrounded in front of lightning. The second image is of a black figure hanging from a tree by his neck, foregrounded in front of falling raindrops. On the front cover, centered at the top, is a box of text outlined in red and filled with red lettering. The text reads [THE BLACK CHRIST/& Other Poems by/COUNTEE CULLEN/HARPER & BROTHERS ESTABLISHED 1817]. The back cover is not patterned, but features a printed list of Harper & Brothers publications; the first line of text reads [New HARPER Poetry].
title: label: Title
content: Book owned by the Dennis family
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communication
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1919-1933
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Movement
content: Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of M. Denise Dennis, in honor of the Dennis Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.273.18
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1929, 1957 Harpers & Brothers
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper, cardboard, book cloth (textile material), and tape
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (closed): 8 × 5 3/8 × 3/4 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 1.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 8 × 11 1/4 × 3/4 in. (20.3 × 28.6 × 1.9 cm)