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Boombox carried by Radio Raheem in the film Do the Right Thing

Tecsonic1989

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Washington, D.C., United States

A Promax Super Jumbo boombox used as a prop by the character Radio Raheem in the Spike Lee directed picture, "Do the Right Thing". The boombox includes a dual audio cassette tape deck, an equalizer section, radio dial, colored light display, and a pair each of 8" subwoofers, midranges, and tweeters. There are sections of red, yellow, and green electrical tape with black ink text on the sides and top of the player. There are also rectangular black, green, and yellow "Public Enemy" stickers adhered to both the right and left sides of the player. On the lower back of the boombox is handwritten text in gold ink reading

BROOKLYN, N.Y.
3/17/90
To Gene
RADIO RAHEEM LIVES
LOVE, Spike Lee
"FIGHT THE POWER"

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  • Title: Boombox carried by Radio Raheem in the film Do the Right Thing
  • Creator: Tecsonic
  • Date Created: 1989
  • Location: Brooklyn, New York City
  • Subject Keywords: Television and Film, Moview, Hip-Hop (music), Urban Life, audio equipment
  • Rights: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • External Link: Object Record
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

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