<I>The Angolite, September/October 1978</I>
date: label: Date
content: September/October 1978
name: label: Edited by
content: Wilbert Rideau, American, born 1942
label: Written by
content: Billy Sinclair, American, born 1945
label: Illustrated by
content: R. Troy Bridges
label: Subject of
content: Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
notes: label: Description
content: This September/October 1978 issue of The Angolite has a cover with a black-and-white photograph of a man standing outside a small structure in a dirt yard. The photograph is below the masthead, with the text "EXCLUSIVE / 'Conversations With The Dead' / LOUISIANA STATE PRISON" below the photograph. The cover story discusses the clemency and parole process, with interviews from several incarcerated people who have long sentences and will likely die imprisoned. The cover photo is also featured in this story, and picture Franck "Cocky" Moore in front of his shack on the Angola property. Other stories include opinion pieces, detailed updates on recent legislative and administrative changes, and the restructuring of Camp H into a merit-based rehabilitation program. The magazine is bound with two (2) metal staples and has sixty-two (62) interior pages. The final interior page contains information and a mail-in section for subscriptions. The back cover has an illustrated advertisement for the 1978 Rodeo.
place: label: Place made
content: West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Journalism
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Prisons
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture 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 Wilbert Rideau and Linda LaBranche
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.139.1.1
objectType: label: Type
content: magazines (periodicals)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Wilbert Rideau
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 (closed): 11 1/16 × 8 5/8 × 5/16 in. (28.1 × 21.9 × 0.8 cm)