A color linocut in yellow and black depicting a group of people gathered around a book. At the bottom center of the print there is a figure holding an open book. On the left side of the print is a group of ten figures all looking at the open book. On the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.111.91.2
A round pin of silver. The pin front has a large, central, cursive capital "L". On the horizontal portion of the "L" are three (3) roses. The pin back has a horizontal pin bar fastener at the top. On the back of the pin at the bottom is impressed text:…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.230ab
A black-and-white photograph of the Little Rock Nine, by Platon. The photograph depicts the Little Rock Nine in full length, holding hands, and standing in a row in front of the front entrance to the Little Rock Central High School. Standing from left to…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.33.1
A documentary film with the title The Masters of Disaster. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. The film profiles an Indiana elementary school chess team that calls themselves The Masters of Disaster. In the opening…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.88.1a
Monthly publication by Kitrell College which includes an obituary for "Mrs. Sarah J. Kennedy, the last known surviving grand child of Bishop Richard Allen, the founder and the first bishop of the African M. E. Church." The publication has black ink on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.312.240
A mini zine from the Kids Solidarity Mini Zine Pack titled The Moon Zine, designed by Jennifer White-Johnson and written by Kevin “Knox” Johnson III. The mini zine is constructed from a single sheet of heavy weight paper that has a slit at the center and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.87.5.2.3
A red hardcover book titled The National Baptist Sunday-School Lesson Commentary. In the lower half of the cover is the date “1926.” The front cover has two black parallel lines above and below the title. These sets of parallel lines continue to the spine…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.208.4ab
A copy of The National Freedman: A Monthly Journal of the New York National Freedman's Relief Association, Vol. 1, No. 10. The white, rectangular pamphlet has white pages with black type and is bound with a white cord tied in a bow. The front cover is the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.22.5
A dark green hard covered book with cloth covered spine. The front cover has a central white square with block text and three (3) triangles on either side of the first two (2) rows. The text inside the block, in black type, reads: [THE / NEW / NEGRO]. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.21
Donor notes read: "The new PCVs arrive at Kalangba. Pictures taken at the 1980 Peace Corps Agricultural Training Program held at Kalangba (A Loko chiefdom capital about 15 miles north of Makeni on the Kamakwie road). The date on the slide is JAN 81.".
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1908
A newsletter titled "The Nightingale," from January 1947, identified as Volume 1, Number 1. The newsletter consists of black ink printed on white paper. It is comprised of seven (7) pages stapled together in the top left corner. The cover design and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.90.7
Cabinet card of "THE ONLY ORIGINAL University Singers of New Orleans." There are four men and five women in the photograph. Printed on the reverse if the card is “BOGARDUS, No. 349 Sixth Avenue, New York."
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.155.69
1983 program for the National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) 7th annual conference held at the University of California at Berkeley. The cover of the program features a green design throughout surrounded by an off-white border.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.22.16
A CBS program produced by Bergen Community College with the title The Presidency and Civil Rights: A Personal Memoir. It consists of a white DVD (a) and a paper program (b). The white DVD (a) has the program title, date, and college logo printed on it and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.90.4.1ab
The 1948 high school yearbook of Lorraine Hansberry and Sam Greenlee, "The Purple and White," issued by Englewood High School in Chicago and signed by both. This yearbook has a heavily embossed brown leather front and back cover which, in gold, depicts a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.21.19
This black and white photograph shows Dr. J. DeKoven Killingsworth conducting the Clark College Philharmonic Society from Clark Atlanta University inside the Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. The Clark…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.94.22
The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.107.1a, 2011.174.107.1b, 2011.174.107.1c, and 2011.174.107.1d. The Reverend Doctor Harry Blake discusses his childhood on a plantation in Louisiana in the 1930s and 1940s and how he became a leader…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.174.107.1a-d
The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.85.1a, 2011.174.85.1b, 2011.174.85.1c, 2011.174.85.1d, 2011.174.85.1e, 2011.174.85.1f, and 2011.174.85.1g. The Reverend Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney recalls growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.174.85.1a-g
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 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
