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We Walk the Way of the New World

1970

Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America

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

This is a paperback volume of poetry titled "We Walk the Way of the New World" by Don L. Lee. The cover is black, with a large central image against a red, green and yellow mosaic background. Divided into three fields by black borders with brown and yellow triangles, the top field has the title in black letters, followed by a crescent moon and star. The middle field shows a drawing of an individual in profile, flanked by an African sculpture to the right and a large African mask to the left. The bottom field has the words "By Don L. Lee/ Broadside Press Detroit." In the bottom right corner of the cover are the numbers "$1.50."

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Catalog reference: 2014.254.1

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