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Books and Published Materials

Black Delegation Visits the USSR

1970s

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A fourteen page pamphlet with black ink on white paper. The pamphlet is a reprint of an article written by George R. Murphy Jr. about leading a delegation of African Americans to the USSR. The article originally appeared in the New World Review, Vol. 39,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.95
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Books and Published Materials

Black Feeling, Black Talk

1968

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A first edition, first printing of “Black Feeling, Black Talk" by Nikki Giovanni. The book has a olive paper binding held together using two metal staples at spine. The title of the book has been printed in black text, [BLACK FEELING / BLACK TALK], across…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.325
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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Black History: Lost, Stolen, or Strayed (Part 2)

1968

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A documentary film with the title “Black History: Lost, Stolen, or Strayed” from the television series Of Black America. It consists of a single reel of color acetate film with optical sound. The documentary opens with narrator Bill Cosby discussing…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.6.1a
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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Black Journal: 18; Malcolm X Liberation University

1969

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A film clip with the title “Malcolm X Liberation University.” The clip is a short documentary made for National Educational Television's Black Journal television program. In it, producer St. Clair Bourne chronicles the opening of Malcolm X Liberation…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.79.1.68.1abc
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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Black Journal: 23; New-Ark

1970

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A short documentary subject made for National Educational Television's Black Journal television program documenting a political rally in Newark, the 1970 mayoral campaign of Ken Gibson, and an African American voter registration drive with special musical…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.79.1.79.1a
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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Black Journal: 3; Biafra / The Bandits

1968

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16mm black and white film of two short dramatic films produced by the National Educational Television's Broadcast Training School for Episode 3 of the Black Journal television series. "Biafra" is a short dramatic film produced by the National Educational…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.79.1.57.1a
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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Black Journal: 5; The World of Julian Bond

1969

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This 16mm color film is a short documentary produced for the Black Journal television program on the early and promising political career of Julian Bond; a civil rights activist and then member of the Georgia State Legislature. In this short film, Julian…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.79.1.99.1a
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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Black Journal: 9; Tribute to Malcolm X

1969

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A short documentary made for the National Education Television's Black Journal television program. It consists of a single reel of 16mm black-and-white acetate film with optical sound and was made from compiled footage of Malcolm X to commemorate the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.79.1.37.1a
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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Black Journal: Color Us Black! (Part I)

1968

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Part One of a documentary film with the title Color Us Black. It consists of a single reel of black-and-white 16mm acetate film with optical sound. The documentary focuses on the circumstances surrounding the 1968 student-led rebellion and subsequent shut…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.55.1a
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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Black Journal: The Black Woman

December 28, 1970

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16mm film of Episode 28 of the television show Black Journal aired on National Educational Television (NET). The episode is in black and white and begins with text flashing on the screen just before a countdown begins. The screen becomes white and the TV…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.32.1.1ab
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Black Liberation - Cultural and Revolutionary Nationalism

ca. 1970

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A pamphlet about the Black Panther Party. The font cover features black print on discolored paper. At top, there is a black and white photograph of members of the Black Panther Party standing in a line. The interior consists of fourteen pages of text.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.28
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Photographs and Still Images

Black Love Matters: Untitled

October 11, 2014

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A digital image of protestors marching from a vigil at the Canfield Green Apartment complex to the Ferguson Police Department in Ferguson, Missouri. In the foreground is a woman holding a pole that is flying the American flag upside-down. 68.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.52.15
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Photographs and Still Images

Black Love Matters: Untitled

October 11, 2014

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A digital image of protestors walking down Ferguson Avenue towards the Ferguson Police Department. Michael Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden, is in the center of the image wearing a shirt that says "INNOCENT BLOOD." She is holding hands with her husband,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.52.20
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Black Males: an Endangered Species??

1978

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A flier showing various statistics concerning African American males. The flyer also includes contact information at the bottom. The flyer was created by the Foundation For the Preservation of Black Males. The back is blank.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.114.4
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Books and Published Materials

Black Man In The White House

1963

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A bound paperback edition of the book "Black Man In The White House" written by E. Frederic Morrow. The front cover of the book has a black and white rectilinear design with red and blue line accents. At the bottom right side of the cover is a black and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.68
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Photographs and Still Images

Black Men United & Strong

October 16, 1995

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This black-and-white photograph depicts a young boy in a jacket and a Philadelphia Eagles baseball cap. He is holding a sign that says "BLACK MAN / UNITED / + / STRONG." He faces the viewer directly. Behind him, a man in a white skull cap, sunglasses, dark…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.31
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Photographs and Still Images

Black Men Who Care

October 16, 1995

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This black-and-white photograph depicts a group of men gathered under a long black banner. Two men, one wearing a sweater and one a trench coat, carry either end of the banner on two long poles. The banner reads "BLACK MEN WHO CARE INC. / THE WEST DALLAS…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.14
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Photographs and Still Images

Black Muslim Leader Malcolm X Photographing Cassius Clay

1964; printed 1990s

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This black and white photographic print depicts a candid shot of Malcolm X photographing Muhammad Ali. Malcom X stands behind the counter top of what appears to be a diner or bar with a camera held to his face, smiling as he focuses on Ali across the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.166.9
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Black Nationalism and Socialism

1968

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Two copies [2010.55.11.1 and 2010.55.11.2] of pamphlet featuring articles by George Breitman and George Novack. The cover of the pamphlet features white text on a green-and-black tiled background. The interior consists of thirty-one pages for the two…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.11.1-.2
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gelatin silver prints

Black Panther couple listening, Free Huey Rally, De Fremery Park, Oakland, CA, No. 20

July 14, 1968; printed 2010

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A black-and-white image of young African American couple standing in a crowd. Man wears a leather jacket and beret with four buttons. Woman wears a Black Panther shirt.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.83.3
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gelatin silver prints

Black Panther demonstration, Alameda Co. Court House, Oakland, California, during Huey Newton's trial, #71

July 30, 1968, printed 2011

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A black-and-white image of three African American men wearing leather jackets and berets and carrying Free Huey banners on the court house steps.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.149.1
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gelatin silver prints

Black Panther guard at Unitarian Church, San Rafael, California, No. 123

October 6, 1968; printed 2010

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A black-and-white portrait of a young African American male, wearing a turtleneck and dark leather jacket. There is a round button reading [HUEY FOR CONGRESS] on his lapel.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.83.1
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gelatin silver prints

Black Panther guards at Free Huey Rally, Bobby Hutton Memorial Park, Oakland, CA, No. 21

August 25, 1968; printed 2010

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A black-and-white image of two young, African American male Black Panther guards, in berets and leather jackets. One man faces ahead, while the other looks over his shoulder.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.83.4
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