CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 9/27/2024

Source Booksellers presents Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. launching 'Citizen Printer'

Hello Detroit! Friday, September 27 from 6–7 PM, Source Booksellers celebrates the storied career of the beloved letterpress printer whose posters spread messages of racial justice! Please join Source for this highly anticipated occasion, including a few questions and a book signing.

Join this celebration with a book ticket that includes a copy of Citizen Printer or a pre-order book bundle at this link for instore/event pick up. Source has a limited amount of 2-for-1 and pick up tickets that are good for Citizen Printer or pre order of Sista Said : Words of Wisdom from Women of Color in Social Justice & the Arts.

About the Book:
Citizen Printer tells Kennedy’s inspiring story and contextualizes his important work—and offers readers tools for lifting their voices, too. A vital monograph on a trailblazing contemporary Black artist, Citizen Printer features 500 reproductions representing the breadth of Kennedy’s posters and prints, plus original portraiture of the artist at work, a powerful artist statement and a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Austin Kleon, all presented in a dynamic type-forward design from AND, the design studio of AIGA Award winner Gail Anderson and Joe Newton.

Encompassing the evolving trajectory of Black liberation in the United States, from growing up in the ’60s during the Civil Rights Era, to the rise of Black Nationalism in the ’70s, to the present Post-Civil Rights era, Kennedy has seen how these movements have shaped Black identity in the United States and has drawn from this as inspiration.

Source Booksellers
Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. launching 'Citizen Printer'
Friday, September 27: 6–7 PM
4240 Cass Avenue #105
Detroit, MI 48201
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