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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Program for an Evening with Martin Luther King, Jr. at Union Methodist Church

March 23, 1956

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A program for an event with Martin Luther King, Jr. at Union Methodist Church of Boston on March 23, 1956. The event was sponsored by the Sigma Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and The Interdenominational Ministers' Alliance of Greater Boston for…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.34.9
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Program for Club Ebony

1947-1948

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A program from Club Ebony. The program is a single sheet of heavyweight cream paper that folds in half. The front features a black and red illustration of a conga drum and woman's head printed in the top left corner. The woman is depicted in profile. She…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.25.71
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Program for Club Ebony

1947-1948

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A program from Club Ebony. The program is a single sheet of heavyweight cream paper that folds in half. The front features a black and red illustration of a conga drum and woman's head printed in the top left corner. The woman is depicted in profile. She…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.25.72
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Program for the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom"

August 28, 1963

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A program for the March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963. The program is printed in black ink on one sheet of white paper, folded to form four pages total. The first (cover) page begins with the “Lincoln Memorial Program” listing the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.16.11
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programs

Program for the Second Pilgrimage to the Harriet Tubman Home

September 1954

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Program for the annual pilgrimage to Harriet Tubman's home and consists of black ink on white paper.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.50.5
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Program for the Shearer Players' production of Angel Street

1951

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A program for a production of "Angel Street" performed by the Shearer Players consisting of black printed text on white paper. Liz White acted and directed in the production, which was sponsored by New York Esquires, Inc. The show's original name is "Gas…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.33.12
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Program for the Shearer Players' production of Angel Street

1951

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A program for the play "Angel Street" starring the Shearer Players and headlined by Liz White consisting of black printed text on white paper. The show's original name is "Gas Light" but is known in the United States as "Angel Street."

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.33.13
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Program for the West Philadelphia AME Church District Conference

October 1919

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A program from the October 1919 District Conference of the West Philadelphia District of the Philadelphia Conference of the A.M.E. Church. The program is made from a single sheet of paper folded in half vertically to form four pages. On the front is the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.63.102.6
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Program for three plays by Shearer Summer Theatre

1947

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A program for three one act plays performed by the Shearer Summer Theater Company. The plays are "Lysistrata," "If Men Played Cards as Women Do," and "Slabtown Convention." The program consists of black printed text on white paper.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.33.9
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Program from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral at the Ebenezer Baptist Church

April 9, 1968

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A program (2012.39a) and case (2012.39b) for the funeral services for Martin Luther King, Jr. at Ebenezer Baptist Church and Morehouse College on April 9, 1968. The program has sixteen pages. The cover features a half-tone portrait of King.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.39ab
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Program from the Cotton Club

1938

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Program from the Cotton Club with menu and program listing. Front cover has a blue background with white printed text reading [THE WORLD FAMOUS / COTTON / CLUB] over top of an orange circle and features black and white illustrations by Julian Harrison. On…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.223.21
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Program from the first Los Angeles Rams home game

September 6, 1946

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Game program for football match between the Los Angeles Rams and the Washington Redskins. Front cover of program features a color illustration of a man in a football uniform carrying a football. Man is wearing an orange jersey with the number "32". Black…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.297.2
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Program from the Masonic Second Annual Awards Banquet

1974

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Small paper program with blue cover and black print from Masonic Banquet held June 21, 1974 at the Elks' Home Auditorium, Greenville Mississippi, with Rev. Anderson as Worshipful Master. Many local businesses advertised in program including Photo Supply…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.55
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Program from The Riverside Church in New York City

November 18, 1962

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Program from The Riverside Church in New York City, dated Sunday, November 18, 1962. The program is off-white paper with black ink. The program is tri-folded and printed on both sides. The church's program that day featured a guest sermon by Dr. Martin…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.166.5
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portraits

Program from the Third Annual Pilgrimage to the Harriet Tubman Home

October 1955

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Program consisting of black ink on yellowed paper. At center, an image of Harriet Tubman. On back, the image of eight people displaying a Harriet Tubman quilt.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.50.4
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Sports

Promise Omochere

2000–

Promise Osazee Omochere (born 18 October 2000) is an Irish professional football player who plays as a forward for National League club Southend United, on loan from EFL League Two club Bristol Rovers.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Promotion Card

May 3, 1912

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A Promotion Card, issued to Beatrice Cloman on May 3, 1912, stating that she had been promoted from the 8th to 9th grade at Colored High School, Eufaula McIntosh County, Oklahoma. There is a combination of printed text and handwritten text on the card. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.43
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Promotional and souvenir program autographed by Marian Anderson

ca. 1954

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A program for a performance by Marian Anderson signed by the artist. The cover also includes a full-length photograph of Anderson performing. The contents include several photographs of the artist and a reprint of an article about Anderson's relationship…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.66.153
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

Promotional booklet for Soul City, North Carolina

1974-1979

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A promotional booklet for Soul City, North Carolina. The cover features an illustrated aerial map view of the community's planned design. Below this image is a blue border at the bottom. Written in black text is “SOUL CITY / SOUL CITY, NORTH CAROLINA.” The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.28.21.1
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Promotional Cotton Club mallet owned by Cab Calloway

ca. 1937

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A promotional Cotton Club noisemaker mallet owned by Cab Calloway. The mallet has a red, barrel shaped head. The head has two carved line at each end. The handle is long, thin and natural wood colored. It has black text stamped at the center that reads…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2015.273.1.3
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Promotional Cotton Club mallet owned by Cab Calloway

ca. 1937

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A promotional Cotton Club noisemaker mallet owned by Cab Calloway. The mallet has a spherical head and is a natural wood color. The handle is long, thin and natural wood colored. It has blacked text printed at the center that reads [COTTON CLUB / B'WAY at…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2015.273.1.4
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

Promotional mailer from the Elk's Rendezvous Nite Club

1941-1945

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A promotional mailer from the Elk's Rendezvous Nite Club. The mailer is a single sheet of paper which folds in half to form the mailer. The first page features a reproduced letter to Ralph Cooper, Elk's Rendezvous Nite Club, to Mr. Richard Campbell,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.25.18
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