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.

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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
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)
surface form: Michigan
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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Black Arts Movement hasPart Broadside Press