<I>Conversations: Straight Talk with America's Sister President</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1993
name: label: Written by
content: Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, American, born 1936
label: Published by
content: Doubleday & Company Inc., American, founded 1897
label: Photograph by
content: Gary Spector, American
label: Designed by
content: Roberto Devico
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: A first edition hardcover copy of Conversations: Straight Talk with America's Sister President by Johnnetta B. Cole. The book is paperboard bound with cloth tape and sewn binding. The book has a dust jacket that features a large color photograph of Cole set against a dark gray background. Cole is depicted facing the viewer. She is wearing a yellow blazer and is smiling. Her hands are raised into fists in front of her shoulders. The title of the book, [Conversations / STRAIGHT TALK / WITH AMERICA’S / SISTER PRESIDENT], is printed in white text in cursive and block text in the top left corner. The author’s name, [JOHNNETTA B. COLE], is printed in black text with white shadowing inside a red banner at the bottom of the front of the dust jacket. The spine of the dust jacket is black with the author’s name and the title of the book printed in red and white text in varying fonts. The publishers name, [DOUBLE DAY], is printed at the bottom of the jacket spine in white text inside a red band. Double Day’s logo, an anchor, is printed above. The back of the dust jacket is mostly white with black and red accents in the top left and bottom right corners. Red text in the top left corner reads [Advance Praise for / Conversations]. In the large white field below are black text, promotional blurbs from various authors. The barcode is printed in the bottom right corner. Front cover is red with a black spine tape binding. The book covers are red with a black cloth tape covering the spine. Both the front and black covers are plain and the abbreviated title, [Conversations], the author’s name, and logo for Doubleday are printed in gold text on the spine. The pastedown and flyleaf are yellow/orange. There is an ink inscription centered on the half-title page that reads [For / Hazel Sinclair / With respect / and love on / Mother's Day and / every day. / Johnnetta B. Cole / May 2, 1993]. On the title page is an ink mark above the word [Auckland]. The interior pages are white with black text. The book has 190 pages and an about the author on the following page.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Feminism
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home 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 Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.52.11
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Doubleday & Company, Inc
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) with cardboard , book cloth (textile material) and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 9/16 × 5 13/16 × 13/16 in. (21.7 × 14.7 × 2.1 cm)