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The Angolite, Vol. 22, No. 3

May/August 1997

West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, 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 issue of The Angolite, Vol. 22, No. 3 has a black-and-white photograph on the cover of incarcerated men building a sandbag wall along the banks of the Mississippi River. One of the three featured stories concentrates on the high waters of the river and the danger of flooding at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The other two features are about the annual Arts and Crafts Festival and on mentally ill incarcerated persons. Regular features included are sports news, brief news reports, a book review, and original poetry. The final interior page contains subscription information. There are eighty-nine (89) interior pages and the magazine is bound with two (2) metal staples. The back cover has a black-and-white photograph of two (2) men in business attire standing behind an unlocked barred door.

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Catalog reference: 2016.139.1.11

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