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Photograph of The Last Poets with Woodie King, Jr. and Amiri Baraka

1969

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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.

Black-and-white group photograph of Woodie King, Jr., African-American director and producer and Amiri Baraka, American writer of poetry with members of New York-based spoken word group, The Last Poets. From left to right: Woodie King, Jr., David Nelson, Gylan Kain, Imani Baraka, and Felipe Luciano. The subjects' names are inscribed along the bottom of the photograph.

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Catalog reference: 2012.21.5.1

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