<I>Black Empire</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1936-1938; reprinted 1991
name: label: Written by
content: George Schuyler, American, 1897 - 1977
label: Written by
content: John A. Williams, American, 1925 - 2015
label: Published by
content: Northeastern University Press, American, 1977 - 2004
label: Edited by
content: Robert A. Hill, Jamaican American, born 1943
label: Edited by
content: R. Kent Rasmussen, American, born 1943
label: Illustrated by
content: Michael McCurdy, American, 1942 - 2016
notes: label: Description
content: A hardcover copy of Black Empire by George Schuyler. The book has a paper dust jacket and a plastic book jacket cover. The front cover of the dust jacket is black and is dominated by a large black-and-white woodcut illustration. The print depicts two (2) men standing side-by-side at a window that overlooks fields, two buildings, and a runway for a plane. A small plane is taking off from the runway. One man is depicted wearing an aviator hat with goggles perched on the crown. The other man wears a suit, tie and Stetson hat. The illustration is framed by a gold box with the book title [BLACK] and [EMPIRE] printed above and below. A red band frames the gold box. The author’s name, [GEORGE S. SCHUYLER], is printed in white text at the top and the editors’ and contributing authors’ names are printed in red text at the bottom [Edited, with an Afterward, by / ROBERT A. HILL & R. KENT RASMUSSEN / Forward by JOHN A. WILLIAMS]. The dust jacket spine features the author’s name in red text, book title in black text and the publisher’s logo at the bottom [nu] in red stylized text. The back of the dustcover has blurbs from reviews, the name of the publisher, and the barcode. The jacket’s front and back interior flaps feature a book summary, brief biographies for the author and editors, and credit for the cover art. The front and back covers of the book are covered in black fabric and are plain. The book title and author are printed on the book spine in gold text and the publisher’s logo is printed at the bottom, also printed in gold text that reads [nu] and framed in a gold rectangle. The book’s interior has white pages with black type. The contents of the book include a forward by John A. Williams, the reprinted serials “The Black Internationale” and “Black Empire” written by George Schuyler under the pseudonym Samuel I. Brooks, an afterword by Robert A. Hill and R. Kent Rasmussen, appendices and a bibliography. The book has three hundred and forty-seven (347) pages. The editor’s name [Robert A. Hill] is inscribed in blue ink on the title page of the book.
place: label: Place printed
content: Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: Decolonization
label: Topic
content: Science fiction
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Movement
content: Afrofuturism
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.106.2
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © George Schuyler Estate
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 acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2019.106.2): 9 5/8 × 6 7/16 × 1 7/16 in. (24.4 × 16.4 × 3.6 cm)