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1960s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black skullcap with rhinestones and feathers. The foundation of the hat is made from stiffened black millinery netting in a lattice knit pattern that has been blocked into a skullcap shape. The hat shape is oblong and features scalloped edges that are…
ca. 2004
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pair of black socks worn by Reverend Ike. The mid-calf length socks are ribbed-knit with wide banded cuffs and reinforced gold and black toe caps.
n.d.
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Black Speakers International” (Text).
April 1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBlack Sports Magazine, Vol. 1 No. 1. Black Sports magazine featuring front cover images of Oscar Robertson and Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) in Milwaukee Bucks jerseys. Images set against a white background. Along the left side of the cover is text in…
n.d.
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Black Star Music, LTD. Expenses” (Text).
1967
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPhotograph taken by Janet Stanley of the Black Star Square in Accra, Ghana, 1967. The original caption reads, "Black Star Square in Accra, Ghana, June 1967; the parade ground was built by Kwame Nkrumah during the nationalistic fervor of his rule and…
February 1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Black Stars magazine, Volume 28, Number 4 that features a color photograph of the singer Tina Turner on the cover. This cover also has the following headlines: "INEZ ANDREWS: 'I'M NOT TIRED YET'" / LENNY WILLIAMS: 'I'M READY FOR RECOGNITION'" / GRACE…
1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA poem printed in black ink on goldenrod colored paper. In black text at the top of the page is the title and the author’s name. Below the title in the upper right corner are two quotes by Dudley Randall and Don L. Lee. In the center of the page is the…
2001-2004
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThese black fishnet sandal foot stockings were worn as part of a costume along with a handmade faux fur garment (.1ab) and a necklace (.3) by dancer Johnette “Suki” Dodson on the television show Soul Train in the early 2000s. The stockings are seamed along…
2004 November 16
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBlack stone with holes. Original Carousel number, 4, slide number, 24.
1980s-1990s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black straw hat with black feathers and a gemstone. The hat is made of synthetic straw blocked to shape. It has a wide brim, the proper right side of the brim is folded upwards and secured to the side of the crown. Three black ostrich feathers and a…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black fedora-style hat with a black ribbon hatband. The hat is composed of woven black straw that has been molded to shape. A hat band made from a black Petersham ribbon is adhered along the outside of the hat where the brim and the crown meet. The hat…
late 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black straw hat with a cream hat band. The hat is composed of two panels of woven straw coated with black synthetic material (possibly acrylic). One panel of black woven straw makes up the crown and one panel of black woven creates the brim and they are…
1940s-1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black straw hat with cream net. The hat is made of black straw with a coating. The hat has a short crown which is round and is indented around the top edge. The hat band is made of black velvet ribbon and is tacked around the base of the crown. A bow…
1950s-1960s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black straw hat with pleated net trim. The hat is made of black synthetic straw, it has a round low crown. The crown and brim and made of two separate pieces and are machine sewn together. Black synthetic net is pleated, and hand stitched to the base of…
1950s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black straw hat with a velvet bow. The hat is made of synthetic straw, the brim is widest at the front and narrows at the sides and the back. A one-inch-wide black synthetic velvet ribbon is hand sewn to the top of the crown and ends in a bow at the…
1960s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black hat made from woven straw with a high brim and short crown. A thin, black, velveteen ribbon is stitched along the outer circumference, where the brim meets the crown. The ends of the hat band and crossed over at the center back and a crystal…
1950s-1960s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black straw pillbox hat made of fine black straw braid that has been sewn in the round. The hat has a flat crown; the back of the hat is slightly longer. A one inch wide black petersham ribbon inner band is machine sewn around the hat’s circumference.…
mid-20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black straw skull cap with feathers and loops. The hat is made of multiple bands of one-inch-wide synthetic straw and monofilament thread ribbon hand sewn together. Two loops of the ribbon along with cream and brown feather remnants are sewn at the…
1978-1980
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black studded belt worn on Soul Train by dancer Sheri Byers in the late 1970s. The body of the belt is made from a 2” wide panel of black pleather (plastic) that has three lengthwise rows of black painted metal pyramid studs. The ninety-four pyramid…
1978-1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBooklet compiled by the Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for prospective students interested in this field of study during the 1978-1979 academic year. The cover of the booklet has a black border with red…
1975
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA 1975 program for the National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) first annual conference held at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, printed in black ink on green paper. The paper cover has a black background with green text which reads from top…
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA book by Nick Aaron Ford titled "Black Studies: Threat or Challenge?" published in Port Washington, New York by the National University Publications Kennikat Press in 1973. The book is signed by the author and dated [To Syl Shannon Sincerely Nick Aaron…
late 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pair of black suede knee high boots. The boots are made of multiple panels of chevron shaped black synthetic suede on the front and backs of the boot leg. A three-inch-long slit is along the top of the center back seam of the boot. An elastic band is…
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