Poster advertising a Last Poets performance
Object Details
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- The Last Poets, American, founded 1968
- 35th Street Gang, American, active 1970s
- Third World Connection, American, active 1970s
- Owned by
- Suliaman El-Hadi, American, 1936 - 1995
- Description
- Tan poster with blue type advertising a performance by The Last Poets, in addition to The Third World Connection, The 35th Street Gang, and special guest speaker Hajj Muhammad. The performance is advertised as taking place at the Norfolk Scope Exhibition Hall. The poster include a collage of instruments, people, and other illustrations.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Qaddafi El-Hadi in memory of Suliaman El-Hadi
- 1970s
- Object number
- 2014.40.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- posters
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 28 3/8 × 22 1/2 in. (72.1 × 57.2 cm)
- Place depicted
- Norfolk, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Communities
- Disco (Music)
- Funk (Music)
- Hip-hop (Music)
- Islam
- Religion
- Spoken word (Poetry)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.40.7
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56f0ad123-367c-42a4-88f2-3c4963d545ed
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