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Books and Published Materials

The Angolite, Vol. 15, No. 5

September/October 1990

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This issue of The Angolite magazine, Vol. 15, No. 5, has a cover illustration in yellow and black featuring a man's head wearing a helmet with several nodes coming out of the helmet attached to light bulbs along the bottom of the drawing. A human brain is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.139.1.7
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The Angolite, Vol. 16, No. 6

November/December 1991

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This issue of The Angolite, Vol. 16, No. 6, has a cover with a black-and-white photograph behind black and white text. The photograph features a tombstone in the shape of a cross with the numbers "81902" in the center. The feature story of the issue is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.139.1.8
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The Angolite, Vol 18, No. 6

November/December 1993

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This issue of The Angolite magazine, Vol. 18, No. 6, has a blue-toned photograph on the cover featuring a woman barrel-racing in front of a crowd of spectators seated in bleachers at the annual prison rodeo. The featured story in this issue concentrates on…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.139.1.9
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The Angolite, Vol. 19, No. 5

September/October 1994

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This issue of The Angolite, Vol. 19, No. 5 features a black-and-white photograph on the cover depicting two (2) men sitting on a log in front of a body of water. The feature story covers the issue of elderly prisoners in longtime confinement, including an…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.139.1.10
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Books and Published Materials

The Angolite, Vol. 22, No. 3

May/August 1997

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This issue of The Angolite, Vol. 22, No. 3 has a black-and-white photograph on the cover of incarcerated men building a sandbag wall along the banks of the Mississippi River. One of the three featured stories concentrates on the high waters of the river…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.139.1.11
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Books and Published Materials

The Angolite, Vol. 9, No. 3

May/June 1984

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This issue of The Angolite, Vol. 9, No. 3, has a large black-and-white cover photograph behind the black text of the masthead. The photo shows several men at a funeral underneath a barren tree. Grave markers are visible in the foreground and around the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.139.1.4
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The Angolite, Vol. VII, No. VI

November/December 1982

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A copy of the November/December 1982 issue of the magazine The Angolite, Vol. VII, No. VI. The cover has a gray background with a large photograph in the center of incarcerated men walking in line down a road carrying shovels and hoes, the line led by a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.139.1.3
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The Angolite, Vol. XII, No. 1

January/February 1987

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This issue of The Angolite, Vol. XII, No. 1 features a cover illustration in yellow, black, and gray depicting a man wearing a striped jumpsuit and handcuffs standing behind a table with scales, The Tombstone Epitaph newspaper, cards and gambling chips, a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.139.1.5
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The Angolite, Vol. XII NO. IV

July/August 1987

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This issue of the magazine The Angolite, Vol. XII, No. IV, features a cover illustration in yellow, brown, and white print. Below the masthead is a drawing of a man in prison stripes and a fedora sitting with his arms crossed over his chest and looking…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.139.1.6
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Black Press & Journalism

The Appeal (Saint Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn. ; Chicago, Ill.), July 13, 1912, (Congress Edition)

1912-07-13

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This card identifies the front page of The Appeal (Saint Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn. ; Chicago, Ill.), July 13, 1912, (Congress Edition). The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication…

Library of CongressCatalog sn83016810 · 1912-07-13 · edition 1
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Books and Published Materials

The Architectural Heritage of the Piscataqua; Houses and Gardens of the Portsmouth district of Maine and New Hampshire

1965

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The Architectural Heritage of the Piscataqua by John Mead Howells. The hardback book has a paper dustcover that is primarily dark blue and features a large black-and-white photograph of a large, white, three-gabled house with black shutters. Printed across…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.52.2
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Historical photographs & visual records

The Arrival of Governor Egerton to the amalgamation meeting, Lagos

[ca. 1910]

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Orginal caption reads, "The Arrival of Governor Egerton to the amalgamation meeting, Lagos. Photo Carew.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1992-004, Item EEPA 1992-004-050
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

The Bakke Case and Education

ca. 1978

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A pamphlet about the Bakke court case. The pamphlet consists of black print on bright yellow paper. On the front, at center, there is an image of protesters carrying signs lamenting the Supreme Court's decision in Regents of the University of California v.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.79.1
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Photographs and Still Images

The Beating

1965; printed 1995

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A black-and-white photograph of the March 7, 1965 assault on Civil Rights marchers by Alabama state police officers termed "Bloody Sunday." The troopers, wearing gas masks and brandishing nightsticks, set upon marchers along US Highway 80.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.14.5
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Books and Published Materials

The Bible Speaks to Daily Needs, 86 Devotions

1959

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A hardcover copy of The Bible Speaks to Daily Needs by Georgia Harkness. The hardcover book has a faux leather finish and a sewn binding. The book’s front dust jacket features a maroon, scalloped square box centered in the top two thirds of the dust jacket…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.52.30
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The Bible Views of Slavery Reconsidered: A Letter to the Right Rev. Bishop Hopkins

1860-1863

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A pamphlet titled, “The Bible Views of Slavery Reconsidered: A Letter to the Right Rev. Bishop Hopkins.” The rectangular pamphlet has white paper front and back covers, white interior pages with black type, and sewn through the fold. The front cover has…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.22.1
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Photographs and Still Images

The Black Agenda of the 80s

1980s

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A black-and-white photograph of a pair of signs on a fence. One says "WHAT IS THE BLACK AGENDA" with a phone number, and the other is advocating for "Jobs not [J]ails." An inscription on the back reads [WATTS DEMONSTRATION / MLK COMMEMORATION 80's].

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.74.177
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pamphlets

The Black Family: The Ties That Bind

ca. 1987

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Pamphlet consisting of white and black text on a red square on the bottom half of the pamphlet. Above it, a black-and-white drawing of an African American family face outwards.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.26
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

The Black Scholar Vol. 24 No. 3: The New South Africa

1994

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A special edition of The Black Scholar journal titled [THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA] focused on the theme of South Africa after the election of Nelson Mandela as president in the first fully representative democratic election. The cover is printed in black ink…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.134
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The Black Scholar Vol. 4 No. 2

1972

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The Black Scholar journal, volume 4, number 2 from October 1972 with a black and white illustration on the cover of prisoners rioting. The illustration is in the upper three-quarters of the cover. In the image, a man stands left of center, seen in profile…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.201.34
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The Black Scholar, Volume 10, Numbers 8, 9

1979

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Publication of "The Black Scholar," volume 10, numbers 8 and 9. The publication features a black cover with a large yin-yang symbol in the center. The symbol is red and black with a white outline. Above the symbol is white text [THE BLACK SEXISM DEBATE].…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.154.2
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The Black Scholar, Volume 6, Number 2

1974

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Publication of "The Black Scholar," volume 6, number 2. The publication cover features a black and white graphic in the upper half of a silhouette of Kwame Nkrumah, with his PR side faces the viewer, seen from the neck up. Below the face is white text…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.154.3
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The Black Scholar, Volume 6, Number 6

1975

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Publication of "The Black Scholar," volume 6, number 6. The publication cover features a black and white illustration in the upper half of a woman, seen from the waist up, with her PR side closest to the viewer. She wears a long-sleeve shirt with a short…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.154.4
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Books and Published Materials

The Black Woman: An Anthology

1970

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A soft cover book with a color image of a woman on the front cover. The woman is seen in three-quarter view from the shoulders up with her left side facing the viewer. The image takes up the majority of the cover. In the upper right corner is white text is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.152.1
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