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Advertisement for paperback novel Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

ca. 1971

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.

A poster advertising the papberback novelization of Melvin Van Peebles' film "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." The poster features red and white text on a black background, with a black-and-white image of the book to the left. Large red text reads [SWEET SWEETBACK / bold bawdy and angry].

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Catalog reference: 2012.82.6

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