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Photograph of The Last Poets with Amiri Baraka

1969

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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.

Black-and-white group photograph of Amiri Baraka, American writer of poetry with members of New York-based spoken word group, The Last Poets. From left to right: David Nelson, Gylan Kain, Amiri Baraka, and Felipe Luciano. The photograph appears to have been altered with an approximately 2 inch wide section on the left side removed.

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Catalog reference: 2012.21.5.3

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