A color screenprint by Faith Ringgold illustrating Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham City Jail.” The print depicts a crowd of Black demonstrators holding signs advocating for voting rights and encouraging people to register to vote. Two…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.70.10.5
A pamphlet titled: [The Road to Liberation for the Negro People]. The front cover consists of black print on yellowed paper. At top, there is a drawing of two men walking a path up a hill towards the sun. The title and a list of communist party leaders…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.24
A pamphlet titled: [The Road To Negro Liberation]. The cover features red print on discolored paper. The title stretches throughout the center. Additional text reads: [Harry Haywood / 10¢ / Report to the Eighth Convention of the Communist Party of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.22
A full color, hardcover book for the motion picture adaptation of the play Porgy and Bess by Ira and George Gershwin. The film adaptation, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, in 1959 starred Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey, Diahnn…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.52.3
A fifteen-page pamphlet published by the Daily Worker, “The Scottsboro Boys – Four Freed! Five To Go!” The saddle-stitched pamphlet is printed in black ink on brown paper. The front cover features a design of four male figures (representing the freed young…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.16.9.4
Three black-and-white photographs mounted to board. The photograph on the left shows a man wearing a clerical colar and a black eyepatch. The center photograph shows the same man with a cigarette in his mouth, digging. The photograph on the right shows a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.107.13
A third edition, soft cover textbook titled, Slide Rule: How to Use It (Barnes & Noble Everyday Handbooks Series #254), by Calvin C. Bishop. The soft cover book has glossy front and back paper covers. The book’s front cover is gray and features a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.52.28
A black-and-white photograph depicting white teenager Joseph Rakes as he prepares to assault Black lawyer Ted Landsmark with a flagpole bearing the American flag. Captured on a brick-paved courtyard or street between two large buildings in downtown Boston,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.17.196
A hardcover book titled, The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch, by Petrarch and published by Hurst & Company. It is a cloth bound hardcover book with a sewn binding and gilded page edges. The green front cover of the embossed, cloth-bound…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.52.5
A mini zine from the Soul Garden of Neurodiversity Mini Zine Pack titled The Soul of Neurodiversity Zine Garden, designed by Jennifer White-Johnson. The mini zine is constructed from a single sheet of white, heavy weight paper that has a slit at the center…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.87.5.1.3
A mini zine from the Soul Garden of Neurodiversity Mini Zine Pack titled The Soul of Neurodiversity Zine Garden, designed by Jennifer White-Johnson. The mini zine is constructed from a single sheet of white, heavy weight paper that has a slit at the center…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.87.5.1.5
A mini zine from the Soul Garden of Neurodiversity Mini Zine Pack titled The Soul of Neurodiversity Zine Garden, designed by Jennifer White-Johnson. The mini zine is constructed from a single sheet of white, heavy weight paper that has a slit at the center…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.87.5.1.6
A mini zine from the Soul Garden of Neurodiversity Mini Zine Pack titled The Soul of Neurodiversity Zine Garden, designed by Jennifer White-Johnson. The mini zine is constructed from a single sheet of white, heavy weight paper that has a slit at the center…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.87.5.1.7
This is a broadside with reprints of two poems, hand signed by the author. Consisting of a long rectangular piece of cardboard with reddish brown text, it shows an image of a desk microphone at the center top margin. Next to the microphone are the words…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.254.5
A hardcover copy of The Standard Manual for Baptist Churches by Edward T. Hiscox, D.D. The hardcover clothbound book is black with gold leaf text and design elements. The top half of the front cover features the title of the book printed in gold leaf text…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.52.33
A Depression-era wood engraving print of a crowd of strikers. The impression is very dark, making great use of shading and shadow to create details. The strikers that make up the crowd are portrayed as vigorous, monumental shapes. Their blocky, geometric…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.51.3
This black-and-white photograph, looking down the length of the National Mall, depicts a crowd of men during the Million Man March. The Washington Monument is in the background and the Smithsonian Castle is visible to the left of the monument. Several…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.3
This black-and-white photograph depicts a man standing in the crowd wearing a white t-shirt that reads "MILLION People / MARCHING." Below the slogan is a silhouette image of a crowd that includes men, women, and children. Many of the silhouettes carry…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.52
This black-and-white photograph depicts a smiling young man in a wheelchair. Wearing two hooded jackets, white pants, and black shoes, he is giving a thumbs up gesture with his right hand. He gazes directly up at the viewer.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.36
A pamphlet with white, black, and red print on white paper. The front cover of the pamphlet has the title in white text over a black background. The interior consists of twenty-four pages of text. The back of the pamphlet contains tear-away subscriptions…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.44.1-.2
The November 11, 1963 edition of The Student Voice, newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The newsletter consists of black ink printed on off-white paper forming four pages. The top headline on the front page is [Over 70,000…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.109.15
This black-and-white photograph depicts three men and a boy posing for the camera. The left hand figure is middle aged man wearing sunglasses and a mustache. He rests his right hand on the shoulder of a young boy wearing glasses standing in front of him.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.24
The October 1792 issue of The Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine containing a published letter from Benjamin Banneker to Thomas Jefferson and Jefferson’s response. The magazine is printed in black ink on off-white paper and has a saddle-stitched…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.49.1
