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Heart Full of Grace, A Thousand Years of Black Wisdom

1997

Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A softcover copy of Heart Full of Grace, A Thousand Years of Black Wisdom, edited by Venice Johnson. The soft covers of the book have been plasticized. The front cover is primarily white overlayed with a faint off-white diamond and square pattern. The cover edges are framed with dark pink and blue bands of varying widths. The title of the book is printed at the top in pink, blue, and black text of varying sizes and fonts that read [Heart Full of Grace / A THOUSAND YEARS OF BLACK WISDOM]. A few of the letters in the title are accented with dots and spirals. Below the title, at the center of the cover, is a square, dark pink frame with a cropped photograph of a blue, yellow, red, green, black, and orange kente cloth inside.

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Catalog reference: 2011.12.52.24

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