Cassette of Last Poets performance at Auburn Correctional Facility

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Object Details

Recorded by

The Last Poets, American, founded 1968

Owned by

Suliaman El-Hadi, American, 1936 - 1995

Description

Black cassette tape with white and pink label. Handwritten information appears on both sides of cassette tape. Side 1 of cassette tape has handwritten information reading, [THE Last PoEts & M.P.C. At/AubuRn CoRRECtional Facility/#2/4-29-78]. Side 2 of cassette tape has handwritten information reading, [PoEts & M.P.C.].

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

Date

April 29, 1978

Object number

2014.40.6

Type

audio cassettes

Medium

plastic and tape

Dimensions

H x W x D: 2 9/16 × 4 × 1/2 in. (6.5 × 10.2 × 1.3 cm)

Place depicted

Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Time-based Media - Audio

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Hip-hop (Music)

Prisons

Spoken word (Poetry)

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59ff2de24-c8cf-44c2-a951-51c84a1b115a

Record ID

nmaahc_2014.40.6