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1952
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGFolio folder for The Committee for the Negro in the Arts, Art Workshop Folio. The folio is constructed from tan cardboard that folds down the middle and has two short interior flap pockets to hold the folio contents. On the front cover is a stylized…
1960
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA 1960 presidential campaign folding tab, metal button for John F. Kennedy and running mate Lyndon B. Johnson. Kennedy ran as a candidate of the Democratic Party. The button has red, white, and blue horizontal bands. The central white band has blue text…
March 23, 1952
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA 16mm black-and-white-film strip (2012.79.1.4.1a-d) containing footage of the Sojourners of Truth and Justice Eastern Seaboard Conference held on March 23, 1952, at the YMCA in Harlem, New York City. Nearly 100 women attended the event and this footage…
1969
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover, second edition of the book For Malcom X with paper dustcover. The book is bound with black, heavily textured full cloth covers with gold lettering along its spine. The paper dustcover is white with a large “X” depicted as paint strokes at…
2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color screenprint by Faith Ringgold illustrating a line from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham City Jail.” The print depicts a segregated amusement park surrounded by a chain link fence. Two Black children wearing white are looking through…
Biography
Ford Carr (born October 19, 1966) is an American politician and aerospace engineer serving as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives for the 84th district. He assumed office in 2022, after the death of his predecessor, Gail Finney. Carr is a…
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Forest Steven Whitaker III (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, filmmaker, and activist. His accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Cannes Film Festival Award for…
1952
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGForeword by Langston Hughes for the Committee for the Negro in the Arts, Art Workshop Folio. The one-page document is printed on yellowed, off-white newsprint. Printed at the top center of the document is a section header that reads [FOREWORD]. Below are…
1950; published 1976
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pamphlet of a speech delivered by Paul Robeson. The front of the pamphlet has black print on yellowed paper. At center, there is a black and white photograph of Paul Robeson. The interior consists of a fourteen pages of a speech delivered by Paul Robeson…
1941-1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn International Silver fork from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The silver-plated fork is from International Silver’s 1847 Rogers Bros. line, Eternally Yours pattern. The neck of the fork is narrow and tapers outwards towards the end of the handle. The…
1960
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Former Justice Norman Price with his granddaughter Annalou, Johannesburg (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1960
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Former Justice Norman Price with his granddaughter Annalou, talking to several men, Johannesburg (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1830–1915
Fortune Giles (1830–1915) was a state legislator in South Carolina. He represented Williamsburg County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1870 to 1874. He was elected with James F. Peterson and Tom Pressley, fellow "colored"…
Biography
Alexander Fortune Riard (1832/3 – February 28, 1889), was a carpenter, merchant, lawyer and state legislator who served in the Louisiana State Senate from 1876 until 1878.
Biography
Fountain Hughes (c. 1859 – July 4, 1957) was an American former slave freed in 1865 after the American Civil War. Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, he worked as a laborer for most of his life, moving in 1881 from Virginia to Baltimore, Maryland. He was…
early 20th-mid 20th Century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGFour (4) round, silver colored Pullman Porter buttons that may have originally been sewn to a Porter uniform. The buttons contain the word "PULLMAN" at the center on the front. The back of the buttons have a small circular piece of metal attached to the…
2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color screenprint by Faith Ringgold illustrating a line from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham City Jail.” The print depicts the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing with the church in the center of the print amid a pile of dark red and…
late 19th - early 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGFour miniature souvenir Confederate States of America flags displayed in a black frame with a glass pane. The flags have been secured to a black paper backing with clear tape and paper tape. Along the top edge of the frame, above each of the flags taped to…
1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black wood-framed shadowbox with two shoe heels and one burgundy knit necktie worn by Dabney N. Montgomery during the Selma to Montgomery March from March 21 to 25, 1965, and an address book containing the name and address of Martin Luther King, Jr. and…
ca. 1987
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA framed black-and-white photograph of General Colin L. Powell's wife and children, Alma, Michael, Linda, and Annemarie Powell, ca. 1987. This photograph (a) captures a moment with the Powell family, smiling as they pose together in their home. The three…
ca. 2009-2017
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA framed photograph of General Colin L. Powell and President Barack Obama. This photograph (a) captures General Powell and President Obama seated at a black metal patio table, dining outdoors. Both men wear white shirts, neckties, dark trousers, and black…
2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA framed and inscribed photograph of General Colin L. Powell dining with President Barack Obama at the White House, Washington, D.C., April 2012. This photograph depicts General Powell and President Obama, seated at a dark brown table in a room of the…
1993
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA framed and inscribed black-and-white photograph of General Colin L. Powell, with President Bill Clinton and Defense Secretary Les Aspin. This photograph (a) captures the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Powell, 18th Secretary of…
ca. 2001-2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA framed and inscribed photograph of General Colin L. Powell and President George W. Bush. This photograph (a) captures 65th Secretary of State, General Powell, laughing with President Bush, who is pointing to the camera. The two men are dressed in dark…
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