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1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGWoman in Open Casket, Post-Mortem.
February 23, 1957
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA newspaper clipping from the front page of the Sun-Reporter with three (3) photographs showing the recipients of the Sun-Reporter’s 1956 woman, man, and club of the year awards. The clipping is taped to a faded green piece of construction paper that is…
1952
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA mimeograph reproduction of Woman Sleeping, by Earle Nixon for the Committee for the Negro in the Arts, Art Workshop Folio. Printed in black ink on white paper, it is a reproduction of a pen and ink line drawing that depicts a woman, curled on her side…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a woman drinking from a Dixie cup outside the Department of Agriculture building during the Poor People's Campaign. She is wearing a patterned dress, a different patterned apron, a brimmed hat, glasses, a bracelet, and a…
November 1969
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBlack and white poster featuring an image of protesting women and a list of demands. This poster was used to announce a protest scheduled for November 22, 1969 orchestrated by the N.E. Women's Liberation and the Black Panther Party of Connecticut in…
October 1, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis newspaper clipping from the San Francisco News describes the efforts of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women to register and encourage residents to vote. The article describes the voter registration motorcade, the number of…
ca. 1923
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA small booklet of printed black text on white paper. Large black text at the top of the cover reads “Women of America! / The past! The present! / The Future!” At the center of the cover is a black and white image of a blindfolded woman holding a torch…
1967; printed later
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital print depicting a black-and-white image of three women singing beside two men at the 1967 NAACP Conference in Albany, New York. Taken from the side, the three women, two in the front and one in the back, are the most centered. A microphone and…
1925-1954
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn iron wood-burning stove used in the Hope Rosenwald School. The stove is in several distinct pieces: stove body, ash box, base, transition piece, lid, small top piece, three long pipes, one short pipe, stove pipe adapter, cirular pipe piece, two rods,…
1955-1975
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA wood chair with four legs. The back rest has two (2) horizontal slats with the top slate taller than the one below. The leg support is one curved piece of wood attached on the inside to the lower back legs and upper front legs.
ca. 1933
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a wood clapper instrument with black etched type on front and back. Consisting of three pieces of wood, two small rectangles are attached via thin metal strips to the large paddle-shaped base, one on each side. There is black type on both small…
1925-1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGWooden school bench with a desk attached at the back. The seat is made of a single board, with a single slat forming an apron across the front. The seat back is three (1) horizontal slats. The desk is attached behind the top slat and is a single wooden…
1925-1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGWooden school desk, with the desk attached behind the chair. The chair seat is a single wooden board, with a single board forming an apron across the front. The chair back is three (3) horizontal wood slats. The desk top, a single board, is located behind…
1925-1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGWooden school desk, with the desk attached behind the chair. The chair seat is a single wooden board, with a single board forming an apron across the front. The chair back is three (3) horizontal wood slats. The desk top, a single board, is located behind…
1925-1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGWooden school desk, with the desk attached behind the chair. The chair seat is a single wooden board, with a single board forming an apron across the front. The chair back is three (3) horizontal wood slats. The desk top, a single board, is located behind…
1925-1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGWooden school desk, with the desk attached behind the chair. The chair seat is a single wooden board, with a single board forming an apron across the front. The chair back is three (3) horizontal wood slats. The desk top, a single board, is located behind…
1925-1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGWood and iron school desk, with the desk attached behind the seat. The chair seat is constructed of four (4) tightly fitted wooden boards. There appears to be a missing board at the front. The seat back consists of a single board and the top and three (3)…
1925-1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGWood and iron school desk with a foldable seat. The desk is attached at the back, behind the seat. The curved seat is made of five (5) close-fitting slats. Grooves cut into the sides of each slat allow them to link together like puzzle pieces. The seat…
1925-1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGWood and iron school desk with a foldable seat. The curved seat is made of four (4) close-fitting slats, and the seat back has five (5) slats. Grooves cut into the sides of each slat allow them to link together like puzzle pieces. The desk is attached at…
1915–1999
Woodrow Wilson (August 28, 1915 – December 25, 1999) was an American politician and banker who was the first African American to serve in the Nevada Assembly. A Republican, he served from 1966 to 1972 representing part of Clark County, Nevada. He later…
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Woodrow Augustus Myers Jr. (born February 14, 1954) is an American physician and politician from Indiana. He served as health commissioner for Indiana and New York City.
1970–
Woody R. Clermont (born on June 2, 1970), is an American attorney and African-American judge in Broward County, Florida. Clermont made history becoming the first male Haitian-American judge in Broward. His election marked not only an achievement for the…
1923-1928
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn Eastern Colored League wool sweater. A black sweater with the letters ECL sewn in gold felt and positioned vertically and overlapping on the proper left side. There are six (6) black buttons going down the proper left center of the shirt. There is a…
1914-1918
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a World War I trench art souvenir metal ashtray belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It consists of a square shallow metal dish with rounded corners and a wide lip. There are four bullets lying along the lip of the ashtray, one on each side. Spaced in…
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