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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf

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    Object Details

    Published by

    Charles Scribner's Sons, American, founded 1846

    Written by

    Ntozake Shange, American, 1948 - 2018

    Subject of

    Tyler Perry, American, born 1969

    Description

    A paperback edition of the choreopoem For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange.
    The cover of the book has the title printed in a rainbow decorative text against a white tiled wall, with a color illustration of a woman in an orange headscarf at the bottom left. Along the left side is a band of black with white text reading [A Choreopoem by Ntozake Shange] and along the top is a red band with white text reading [THE INSPIRATION FOR THE UPCOMING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY TYLER PERRY]. The interior contents begin with a page with several blurbs from critics, a page with a list of works by Shange, the title page, a dedication page, and a listing of the twenty included poems by title. There are 64 pages total, with no illustrations. The back cover is red and white, with two blurbs, a summary of the book, and a biography of Shange.

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ntozake Shange

    Date

    1975; reprinted 2010

    Object number

    2016.131.3.1

    Restrictions & Rights

    © Ntozake Shange
    Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    books

    Medium

    ink on paper

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 1/4 in. (21.6 × 14 × 0.6 cm)

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Classification

    Books and Published Materials

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Feminism
    Film
    Literature
    Poetry
    Sexuality
    Theatre
    Women

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56d959436-e2bd-4b2d-af59-4b0ec82a82a4

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2016.131.3.1

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