Book jacket for Living With Racism designed by Gail Anderson
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1994
name: label: Designed by
content: Gail Anderson, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: Melvin P. Sikes, American, 1917 - 2012
label: Subject of
content: Joe Richard Feagin, American, born 1938
notes: label: Caption
content: Gail Anderson is a New York based designer and partner at Anderson Newton Design. Since 1987, Anderson has worked in the field of design at design firms, advertising agencies, and publications. Her work has received awards from major design organizations, including the Society of Publication Designers and the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). In 2008 she received a Lifetime Achievement Medal from the AIGA. Anderson currently works as Creative Director at the School of Visual Arts Press and is on the Citizen Stamp Advisory Committee for the US Post Office. In 2013, the US Postal Service commissioned Anderson to design the commemorative stamp for the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. Anderson was only the second African American designer tapped to design a commemorative stamp, the first being Georg Olden who designed the Proclamation’s 100th anniversary stamp in 1963.
label: Description
content: This a book jacket design by Gail Anderson for Living with Racism: The Black Middle-Class Experience, a book by Joe Feagin and Melvin P. Sikes. It features a red background with black text in large block letters that are outlined in thin white lines. The cover is broken into three sections, each delineated by a black line outlined in white. The top section has text that reads “LIVING / WITH / RACISIM.” The middle section reads “THE / BLACK / MIDDLE-CLASS / EXPERIENCE.” The bottom section reads “JOE R. FEAGIN / MELVIN P. SIKES.” There is a black border around the outer margin of the page.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Economics
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Race relations
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gail Anderson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.11.17
objectType: label: Type
content: book jackets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Beacon Press
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (23.5 × 15.9 cm)