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Amos Kennedy Collection

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  • No. 4, 3 April 2001
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001“I build books for the glory of my peoples!” -- p.3.
  • Pace
    ImageLetters "Pace" in red printed on handmade paper.
  • A Proverb A Mask - Edition 1
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001“Whoever wants me as I am, is content. from the Accra speaking people” -- p.2.
  • A Proverb A Mask - Edition 2
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001“One who does not understand the yellow palm-bird says the yellow palm-bird is noisy. from the Yoruba speaking people” -- p.2.
  • A Proverb A Mask - Edition 3
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001“You must attend to your business with the vendor in the market, and not the noise of the market. from the Yoruba speaking people” -- p.2.
  • A Proverb A Mask - Edition 4
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001“Time destroys all things. from the Wolof people” -- p.2.
  • A Proverb A Mask - Edition 5
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001“By labor comes wealth. from the Yoruba speaking people” -- p.2.
  • A Proverb A Mask - Edition 6
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001“A wise woman, who know proverbs, reconciles difficulties.” from the Yoruba speaking people” -- p.2.
  • A Proverb A Mask - Edition 7
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001“When the occasion comes, the proverb comes. from Oji speaking people” -- p.2.
  • A Proverb A Mask - Edition 8
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001“She who makes a knot, knows to loose it. from the Accra speaking people” -- p.2.
  • A Proverb A Mask - Edition 9
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001“What lowers itself, is ready to fall. from the Wolof people” -- p.2.
  • A Proverb A Mask - Edition 10
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001“A good word removes anger. from the Accra speaking people” -- p.2.
  • A Proverb A Mask - Edition 11
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001“You mend a thing that is not good. from Oji speaking people” -- p.2.
  • A Proverb A Mask - Edition 12
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001“Hate has no medicine. from the Accra speaking people” -- p.2.
  • A Proverb A Mask - Edition 13
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001“The keen heat of the sun is not like the keenness of a razor. from the Accra speaking people” -- p.2.
  • Selected Quotations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Multi-Page Item | 12 pages | 1997“In celebration of the renovation of the Martin Luther King Library, the Milwaukee Public Library commissioned a book containing seventeen quotations of Dr. King. The quotes were selected by the staff of Martin Luther King Library. The book was installed on permanent display in the library on March 22, 1997. License granted by Intellectual Properties Management, Atlanta, Geo...
  • Shall We Dance? Volume 1 of 6
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2002Wood engraving by Adriano Porazzi.” -- cover.
  • Shall We Dance? Volume 2 of 6
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2002“Text by Elena Bertozzi", "wood engraving by Adriano Porazzi” -- cover.
  • Shall We Dance? Volume 3 of 6
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2002“The dance is an instant of being in time” -- p.2.
  • Shall We Dance? Volume 5 of 6
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2002Wood engraving by Adriano Porazzi.” -- cover.
  • Shall We Dance? Volume 6 of 6
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2002Wood engraving by Adriano Porazzi.” -- cover.
  • Smoking - A Folktale from the Bushongo People
    Multi-Page Item | 7 pages“Seventy-five copies of this slim volume were printed on hand-made tobacco-abaca paper” -- p.6.
  • Tell Me a Story
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 2002“Work by Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., Dan Wang and Carl Pope.” -- front.
  • Think Pink
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2000“When doomed or gloomed by rain strain pain and you feel blue covet this booklet borrow my color think pink!” -- p.2.
  • Two Poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar
    Multi-Page Item | 7 pagesTwo poems “Dawn” and “Twilight” by Paul Laurence Dunbar. 6 leaves
  • Vipoems
    Multi-Page Item | 21 pages“This is book 4 from the Wustum Museum’s VIP Book Project and the first book of poems. The poems were written by the VIP group under the guidance of David Steingass.” -- p.34.
  • We Kill Children
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pages“How many children must be murdered before we acknowledge this genocide? 62 children younger than 15 were murdered in Chicago in 1993. Eric Morris was pushed 14 stories to his death.” -- front.
  • We Murder Kids
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pages“It takes an entire community to murder a child.” -- front.
  • When an Old Woman Dies, a Library Burns to the Ground
    Image“A proverb from Mali, West Africa” -- front.
  • When I Get a Little Money, I Buy Books; If There Is Any Left I Buy Food & Clothes
    ImageDesiderius Erasmus’ adage is printed on the broadside.
  • Yellow Sample Book
    Multi-Page Item | 7 pagesDifferent color patterns printed on each page.
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