Broadside Press
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Broadside Press is a historically significant African American publishing house founded in 1965 in Detroit, known for amplifying Black voices and poetry central to the Black Arts Movement.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American publishing house
ⓘ
publishing house ⓘ small press ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Black Arts Movement ⓘ |
| city | Detroit ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalContext |
Black Power era
ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
Civil Rights Movement
|
| era |
1960s
ⓘ
1970s ⓘ |
| focus |
African American literature
ⓘ
Black Arts Movement literature ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Dudley Randall ⓘ |
| founder | Dudley Randall ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Detroit
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surface form:
Detroit, Michigan
|
| heritage | African American cultural institution ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | major platform for Black Arts Movement poets ⓘ |
| inception | 1965 ⓘ |
| industry | publishing ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location |
Detroit
ⓘ
surface form:
Detroit, Michigan
|
| medium |
broadsides
ⓘ
chapbooks ⓘ poetry collections ⓘ |
| mission | to promote African American poetry and literature ⓘ |
| movement | Black Arts Movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
amplifying Black voices
ⓘ
publishing African American poets ⓘ |
| publishedAuthor |
Audre Lorde
ⓘ
Don L. Lee ⓘ Etheridge Knight ⓘ Gwendolyn Brooks ⓘ Haki R. Madhubuti ⓘ Margaret Walker ⓘ Sonia Sanchez ⓘ |
| regionServed |
African American communities
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| role |
key institution in Black literary culture
ⓘ
platform for emerging Black poets ⓘ |
| state |
Michigan (most of state)
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surface form:
Michigan
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| status | historically significant small press ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
African American readers
ⓘ
readers of Black poetry ⓘ |
| typeOfWorkPublished |
politically engaged poetry
ⓘ
socially conscious poetry ⓘ |
| yearFounded | 1965 ⓘ |
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