<I>Broadside No. 7: A Poem for Black Hearts</I>
date: label: Date
content: April 1965
name: label: Written by
content: Amiri Baraka, American, 1934 - 2014
label: Published by
content: Broadside Press, founded 1965
label: Subject of
content: Malcolm X, American, 1925 - 1965
notes: label: Description
content: Poem printed in black ink on off-white paper titled A Poem for Black Hearts written by LeRoi Jones. The poem is printed within a narrow black border. It begins with “For Malcolm’s eyes, when they broke the face of some dumb white man…” Along the bottom, inside the border is the copyright and the publisher’s address. “60-“and “14685” is written on the back. The poem was published by Broadside press as Broadside No. 7.
place: label: Place printed
content: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Hate crimes
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: Movement
content: Black Nationalism
label: Movement
content: BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
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: 2013.124.3
objectType: label: Type
content: poems
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1965 by LeRoi Jones
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: 11 1/16 x 6 5/8 in. (28.1 x 16.8 cm)