Broadside Press

The Broadside Press is one of America's oldest African American-owned presses, having published more that 200 poets and writers in broadsides, individual collections, anthologies, phonograph records, and videotapes. In 1985 ownership of the Broadside Press was acquired by Don and Hilda Vest, and restructured as a non-profit organization. Hilda Vest served as editor/publisher, using her skills as an educator in the Detroit Public School System, while and Don Vest, formerly a corporate recruiter, served as the business manager. Under new ownership the outstanding inventory was consolidated and distribution network reestablished. Their primary goal was to continue the mission of preserving the artistic integrity and creative freedom that distinguished the Broadside Press through the publication, distribution, and sale of books; and emphasizing educational, literary, and cultural arts programs with schools, libraries, churches, and community organizations; and reactivating the Broadside Poets Theater.

The Broadside Press was an African American publishing house founded by Dudley Randall in 1965.