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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Thank you card designed by Jennifer White-Johnson

2020

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A thank you card from Jennifer White-Johnson. The front of the postcard sized card is features large centered black text that reads [YOU’RE / AMAZING!], with medium and small, centered text below that reads [THANK YOU, IN SOLIDARITY, JEN /…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.87.7
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BIOGRAPHY
Scholarship

Thavolia Glymph

Biography

Thavolia Glymph is an American historian and professor. She is Professor of History and African-American Studies at Duke University. She specializes in nineteenth-century US history, African-American history and women’s history, authoring Out of the House…

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journals (periodicals)

The Alpha Kappa Alpha Ivy Leaf, Vol. II, No. 1

1922-1923

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A journal with green and gold lettering on the cover. The journal was published by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.133.3.23
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Books and Published Materials

The Angolite, November/December 1979

November/December 1979

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This November/December 1979 issue of The Angolite has a burgundy colored background cover with white text. A black-and-white photograph below the masthead depicts incarcerated men standing and digging in a waist-deep ditch. Two (2) men on horseback, one…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.139.1.2
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Historical photographs & visual records

The architectural development of the University of Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University) Ile Ife, Osun State by 1980

1970

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The architectural development of the University of Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University) Ile Ife, Osun State by 1980. Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3786
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Books and Published Materials

The Art and Color of Design

1951

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Hardcover edition of "The Art of Color and Design" with tan and brown binding. On the front cover the title [The ART of / COLOR and / DESIGN] is printed in dark brown within parallel lines that wrap around to the spine. Below this is [MAITLAND GRAVES]…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.26.5.18
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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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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

The Bell

1968

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A large black yearbook, “The Bell” for the United States Army Combined Arms Center class of 1968 at Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas. The Bell showcases photographs of its military students, their families, activities, honors, and duties. On the spine…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.27
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Books and Published Materials

The Biology of the Cell Surface

1939

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The Biology of the Cell Surface written by Earnest Everett Just. The front cover is red leather. The spine has black and gold accents [The Biology Of The Cell Surface / Just / Blakiston]. There are 392 pages. The interior cover has three signatures of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.22
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Books and Published Materials

The Black Perspective, Vol 1, No. 4

January 1980

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Departmental newsletter for the Department of Afro-American & African Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The newsletter is titled "The Black Perspective" and the front page features a photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a poem…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.22.13
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journals (periodicals)

The Black Scholar, Vol. 11, No. 6

July 1980

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Volume 11, Number 6 of The Black Scholar: Journal of Black Studies and Research published for July/August 1980. The articles in this issue focus on "The Black Struggle: Miami & the Caribbean".

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.22.25
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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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Books and Published Materials

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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Books and Published Materials

The Black Scholar, Vol. 6, No. 6

March 1975

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Volume 6, Number 6 of The Black Scholar: Journal of Black Studies and Research published for March 1975. The articles in this issue focus on "The Black Woman 1975". The cover features a drawing of a woman looking to the right.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.22.24
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Books and Published Materials

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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Books and Published Materials

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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Books and Published Materials

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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BLACK PRESS
Black Press & Journalism

The broad ax (Salt Lake City, Utah;Chicago, Ill.), December 4, 1920, (COLLEGE EDITION)

1920-12-04

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This card identifies the front page of The broad ax (Salt Lake City, Utah;Chicago, Ill.), December 4, 1920, (COLLEGE EDITION). The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in…

Library of CongressCatalog sn84024055 · 1920-12-04 · edition 1
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

The Caduceus, Yearbook of Howard University

1947

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The 1947 yearbook of the Howard University College of Medicine titled, The Caduceus. The yearbook cover is in the original black leather. Embossed in silver is an illustration of the caduceus symbol and the title "CADUCEUS" written vertically. There are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.47
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Books and Published Materials

The Centaur, Summer 1983

1983

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A copy of "The Centaur" newsletter by the Iota Phi Theta Fraternity. The newsletter is printed on dark yellow paper with brown type. The header of the front page reads [The Centaur/Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Incorporated/Summer • 83] with a depiction of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.191.3
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Books and Published Materials

The Centaur Vol. 3, No. 3

February 1976

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A copy of "The Centaur" newsletter by the Iota Phi Theta Fraternity. The newsletter is printed on yellow paper with brown type. The header of the front page reads [THE CENTAUR/Vol. 3 No. 3 IOTA PHI THETA FRATERNITY February, 1976] with two depictions of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.191.1
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Books and Published Materials

The Centaur Vol. 5, No. 1

1982

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A copy of "The Centaur" newsletter by the Iota Phi Theta Fraternity. The newsletter is printed on dark yellow paper with brown type. The header of the front page reads [The Centaur/Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Incorporated/Spring • 82 VOL.5 • NO. 1] with a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.191.2
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Historical photographs & documents

The Chain Remain the same

1995

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Cataloged as “The Chain Remain the same” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.A2013.149.3, Item 5
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