<I>Plays and Pageants from the Life of the Negro</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1930
name: label: Edited by
content: Willis Richardson, American, 1889 - 1977
label: Illustrated by
content: James Lesesne Wells, American, 1902 - 1993
label: Published by
content: The Associated Publishers, Inc., American, 1921 - 2005
notes: label: Description
content: A hardcover book titled Plays and Pageants from the Life of the Negro by Willis Richardson. The front cover is brown with black text and images and boxes. The top box contains the title and author of the book. An image in the bottom box depicts the heads of two figures with short hair silhouetted in profile and looking to the left. Wavy and straight lines are underneath the heads. The binding has the title with similar straight and wavy lines separating from a silhouetted depiction of a cloaked figure holding a staff and “THE / ASSOCIATED / PUBLISHERS” near the bottom. The back cover is brown and blank. The front free endpaper is stamped with “Alice B. Durham” in purple ink at top right. The book is three hundred seventy-three (373) pages and is illustrated throughout with stylized woodcuts.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Drama (Theatre)
label: Topic
content: Literature
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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)
label: Exhibition
content: Taking the Stage
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
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: 2014.53.6
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1930, Associated Publishers Inc
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: 9 1/16 × 6 7/16 × 1 1/2 in. (23 × 16.4 × 3.8 cm)