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NappyGram
Multi-Page Item | 46 pages | Amos Kennedy Collection
A Proverb A Mask - Edition 10
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001 | Amos Kennedy Collection“A good word removes anger. from the Accra speaking people” -- p.2.
A Proverb A Mask - Edition 5
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001 | Amos Kennedy Collection“By labor comes wealth. from the Yoruba speaking people” -- p.2.
Books
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1996 | Amos Kennedy Collection“Caren Heft & Amos Kennedy invite you to a Show & Tell Tea for the book arts. Please bring a book to share.” -- back.
Charles A. Wustum Museum
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1997 | Amos Kennedy Collection"2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at 2519 Northwestern Avenue, Racine, WI.” -- front.
NappyGram
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 2000 | Amos Kennedy Collection“Talent is tenure.” -- front.
I wish I Was Wise Before We Met
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2003 | Amos Kennedy CollectionChristin Loehr’s poem “I wish I was wise before we met” is printed in the pamphlet.
Mado
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001 | Amos Kennedy Collectionstay...away... -- p.2.
Shall We Dance? Volume 6 of 6
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2002 | Amos Kennedy CollectionWood engraving by Adriano Porazzi.” -- cover.
Selected Quotations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Multi-Page Item | 12 pages | 1997 | Amos Kennedy Collection“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...
When an Old Woman Dies, a Library Burns to the Ground
Image | Amos Kennedy Collection“A proverb from Mali, West Africa” -- front.
Bible as Whipping Stick
Image | Amos Kennedy CollectionWhipping stick made by shredded pages of the Bible.
Lyrics for the Explorer of My Soul
Multi-Page Item | 7 pages | 1996 | Amos Kennedy CollectionFive poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s are printed on the pamphlet.
A Proverb A Mask - Edition 6
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001 | Amos Kennedy Collection“A wise woman, who know proverbs, reconciles difficulties.” from the Yoruba speaking people” -- p.2.
We Murder Kids
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Amos Kennedy Collection“It takes an entire community to murder a child.” -- front.
A Proverb A Mask - Edition 1
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001 | Amos Kennedy Collection“Whoever wants me as I am, is content. from the Accra speaking people” -- p.2.
A Proverb A Mask - Edition 3
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001 | Amos Kennedy Collection“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.
Merry Christmas
Multi-Page Item | 3 pages | 2001 | Amos Kennedy CollectionTwo Christmas poems "Chrismus is A-comin" and "Christmas in the Heart" are printed on the folded leaflet.
NappyGram
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 2000 | Amos Kennedy Collection“Niggers not welcome!” -- front.
Lawyers Helping People
Image | 2003 | Amos Kennedy CollectionPreamble and mission statement of Alabama Civil Justice Foundation.
Moved
Image | Amos Kennedy CollectionMOVED in red and a drawing of a truck on yellow paper.
Foemina
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2000 | Amos Kennedy CollectionBeyond lust
Shall We Dance? Volume 1 of 6
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2002 | Amos Kennedy CollectionWood engraving by Adriano Porazzi.” -- cover.
Shall We Dance? Volume 5 of 6
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2002 | Amos Kennedy CollectionWood engraving by Adriano Porazzi.” -- cover.
King
Image | Amos Kennedy Collection“Intelligence plus character that is the goal of true education. Dr Martin Luther King Jr.” -- front.
Two Poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Multi-Page Item | 7 pages | Amos Kennedy CollectionTwo poems “Dawn” and “Twilight” by Paul Laurence Dunbar. 6 leaves
Smoking - A Folktale from the Bushongo People
Multi-Page Item | 7 pages | Amos Kennedy Collection“Seventy-five copies of this slim volume were printed on hand-made tobacco-abaca paper” -- p.6.
1456
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Amos Kennedy Collection“Congratulations! mr. president, more children have been murdered during your term than any time the history of these united states. this will be the greatest achievement of your administration.” -- back.
A Proverb A Mask - Edition 12
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001 | Amos Kennedy Collection“Hate has no medicine. from the Accra speaking people” -- p.2.
Beyond the Great Threshold
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2000 | Amos Kennedy Collection“from order to chaos… from chaos to disorder scattered in the wrecks adrift everywhere, however, beyond us of our mind without memory of our origin…” -- p.2.
Children Don't Count Project
Multi-Page Item | 63 pages | Amos Kennedy Collection“In 1993, 62 children 14 years old or younger were murdered in the Chicago metropolitan area.” -- front of each postcard.
The Lizard Green
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2000 | Amos Kennedy Collection“Translated by Marina Galantini. Green on titanium by Pietro Pedeferri.” -- covers.
Shall We Dance? Volume 3 of 6
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2002 | Amos Kennedy CollectionWood engraving by Adriano Porazzi.” -- cover.
Think Pink
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2000 | Amos Kennedy Collection“When doomed or gloomed by rain strain pain and you feel blue covet this booklet borrow my color think pink!” -- p.2.
No. 2, April 2001
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001 | Amos Kennedy Collection“The artist must elect to fight for freedom or slavery. I have made my choice, I had no alternative. Paul Robeson” -- p.2.
Come Make Paper at the Root River Papermill
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1997 | Amos Kennedy Collection"1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.” -- back.
No. 3, 2 April 2001
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 2001 | Amos Kennedy Collection“Take ’em” -- p.2.
Let Your Love Be Like the Misty Rain, Coming Softly but Flooding the River
Image | Amos Kennedy CollectionLet your love be like the misty rain, coming softly but flooding the river. Madagascar -- front.
Cryptics
Multi-Page Item | 14 pages | 2002 | Amos Kennedy CollectionCloth covered, ribbon holders for six cards in light blue and blue print.
Artist Vote
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Amos Kennedy Collection

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