George Polk Award received by Wilbert Rideau for The Angolite
date: label: Date
content: 1980
name: label: Issued by
content: Long Island University, American, founded 1926
label: Received by
content: Wilbert Rideau, American, born 1942
label: Received by
content: Billy Sinclair, American, born 1945
label: Subject of
content: Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
notes: label: Description
content: A rectangular black wall plaque featuring an engraving in white of a quill pen and text on the upper half reading "LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY / THE / GEORGE / POLK / AWARD." A brass circular addition at the bottom left is engraved with the text "Special Interest Reporting / Wilber Rideau / The Angolite". A hole is bored into the upper center of the reverse for hanging the plaque. A label for the engraving company Malcolm & Hayes of New York City is adhered below the hole.
place: label: Place used
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
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: 2016.139.3
objectType: label: Type
content: plaques (flat objects)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: plastic and brass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 14 × 9 7/16 × 1/2 in. (35.6 × 24 × 1.3 cm)