This black cassette tape of The Last Poets' 1978 performance at Auburn Correctional Facility, featuring a handwritten label, was previously owned by the late Last Poet member Suliaman El-Hadi.
Cassette of Last Poets performance at Auburn Correctional Facility
- Description
- Black cassette tape with white and pink label. Handwritten information appears on both sides of cassette tape. Side 1 of cassette tape has handwritten information reading, [THE Last PoEts & M.P.C. At/AubuRn CoRRECtional Facility/#2/4-29-78]. Side 2 of cassette tape has handwritten information reading, [PoEts & M.P.C.].
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Recorded by
- The Last Poets, American, founded 1968
- Owned by
- Suliaman El-Hadi, American, 1936 - 1995
- Date
- April 29, 1978
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Qaddafi El-Hadi in memory of Suliaman El-Hadi
- Medium
- plastic and tape
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 9/16 × 4 × 1/2 in. (6.5 × 10.2 × 1.3 cm)
- Type
- audio cassettes
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