<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: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
notes: label: Description
content: A poem titled "A Poem for Black Hearts" written by Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and published by Broadside Press as Broadside No. 7. The poem is printed on off-white paper in black ink. A solid black line is on either side of the text at the margins of the paper. The copyright, broadside number, and publisher information is printed at the bottom of the page. The back side of the page is blank.
label: Statement
content: Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
place: label: Place printed
content: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: Movement
content: BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
label: Exhibition
content: Making a Way Out of No Way
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
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: 2013.154.4
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 x 6 5/8 in. (27.9 x 16.8 cm)