A vibrant limited edition set of letterpress prints featuring powerful words from Black women
This freshly commissioned, hand-pressed set of 20 postcards from Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., highlight the wisdom of Black women across generations—from Sojourner Truth to Rosa Parks, from Harriet Tubman to Nina Simone. Printed on chipboard in an array of vibrant inks and wrapped with a letterpress-printed belly band, no two cards are alike.
Includes quotations from Ella Baker, Josephine Baker, Mary McLeod Bethune, Ruby Bridges, Fannie Lou Hamer, Zora Neale Hurston, June Jordan, Coretta Scott King, Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, Pauli Murray, Rosa Louise Parks, Lucy Parsons, Claudia Rankine, Ntozake Shange, Nina Simone, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, and Phillis Wheatley.
Details
| Publisher | Letterform Archive |
| Publication date | July 23, 2024 |
| Size | 8 ⨉ 6 inches |
| Printing | Letterpress printed on chipboard |
| Format | 20 unique prints with a letterpress-printed belly band |
About Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.
Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., was working a corporate job when, at nearly forty, he discovered the art of letterpress printing on a tour of Colonial Williamsburg. Kennedy then devoted himself to the craft, earning an MFA in graphic design at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He now operates Kennedy Prints!, a letterpress printshop in Detroit. He has been featured in outlets like Hyperallergic, the New York Times, and the Economist, and he has exhibited in dozens of museums and galleries across the United States, including Poster House, the Brooklyn Public Library, the Library of Congress, and the libraries of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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