This is the 26th issue of BLK Magazine published January 1991. The front cover, printed with a purple hint, features a black and white image of Africa’s first lesbian and gay pride march in South Africa; there are individuals marching with one holding a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.26ab
This is the 27th issue of BLK Magazine published February 1991. The front cover features a black and white image of Rev. James Cleveland. Cleveland is dressed in a suit, his jacket made of reflective material, with rings on each of his pinky fingers. He is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.27
This is the 28th issue of BLK Magazine published March 1991. The front cover, printed with a lime tint, features a black and white image of Mitchell El-Mahdy. El-Mahdy is pictured sitting at a desk full of documents and a printing calculator. He is dressed…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.28
This is the 29th issue of BLK Magazine published April 1991. The front cover, printed with a red tint, features a black and white image of Willis Oliver, Jr, who is pictured sitting down, visible from the wait up with a nature-like background of a large…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.29
This is the 30th issue of BLK Magazine published May 1991. The front cover, printed with a blue tint, features a black and white image of Winnie Mandela. The photograph is a close up of her face, from the shoulders up. She is wearing a light-colored,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.30
This is the 31st issue of BLK magazine published June 1991. The front cover is printed in color and features a photograph of Joe Simmons, marking it as the first issue printed in full CMYK color. Simmons is wearing a black firefighter’s hat, with the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.31ab
This is the 32nd issue of BLK magazine published July 1991. The front cover is printed in color and features an image of Emanuel Tapp. Standing centered in front of a slate-blue backdrop, Tapp is wearing a gold-colored chain necklace and a red V-neck…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.32
This is the 33rd issue of BLK magazine published August 1991. The front cover is printed in color and features an image of the three members of the of the San Francisco troupe, Pomo-Afros-Homos: Brian Freeman, Eric Gupton, and Djola Bernard Branner. They…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.33
This is the 34th issue of BLK magazine published October 1991. This is the first issue with a clay coated glossy paper cover. The front cover is printed in color and features an image of Patti LaBelle. LaBelle wears a crème-colored skirt with similar…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.34ab
This is the 35th issue of BLK magazine published January 1992. The front cover is printed in color and features an image of Steven Corbin. Corbin is seated on the floor, with his right leg raised and left leg tucked under. He is resting back on his left…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.35ab
This is the 36th issue of BLK magazine published May 1992. The front cover is printed in color and features an image of Lisa Mitchell (left) and Titia Ingram (right) hiking in the woods. Both women are carrying a red, external frame hiking backpack, with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.36
This is the 37th issue of BLK magazine published September 1992. The front cover is printed in color and features an image of Justin Fashanu. The athlete is dressed in a dark green tank top, dark pants, presumable trousers, and accessorized with a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.37ab
This is the 38th issue of BLK magazine published December 1993. The front cover is printed in color and features an image RuPaul. RuPaul is dressed in drag, with a tight-fitting blue and pink dress with dark tights, and a blond hairdo. They are leaning on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.38
This is the 39th issue of BLK magazine published January 1994. The front cover is printed in color and features an image of Ken Reeves. Reeves is dressed in a suit with a black jacket, white dress shirt, and black and white patterned tie. He has a white…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.39ab
This is the 40th issue of BLK magazine published February 1994. The front cover is printed in color and features an image of Mandy Carter, dressed in a blue knitted sweater with a white shirt underneath. Carter is wearing rounded glasses. She are only…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.40
This is the 41st issue of BLK magazine published March 1994. The front cover is printed in color and features an image of Michael Jackson, who is photographed from the shoulders up against a black backdrop. Jackson is wearing a black coat, a white colored…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.41ab
This is a color print depicting a man and a woman in Black Lives Matter t-shirts. The man standing on the left wears a sleeveless black t-shirt with yellow text that reads “BLACK / LIVES / MATTER.” The text is bracketed above and below by a horizontal line…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.77.1
A rectangular block of sandstone. One short side of the block has a smooth, finished surface. The other five sides are rough-hewn and pitted, showing evidence of quarry tool markings, softened by weathering. One of the long sides has mechanical tool…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.182
A wooden block plane. In relief on toe is [CE CHELOR / LIVING IN / WRENTHAM]. Relief on blade reads [WELDON]. Plane shows evidence of old dents, abrasions, and small chip losses, but it has a dark stain disguising the damage from past use.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.9
A large, beaded neckpiece assemblage by Joyce J. Scott. Composed primarily of turquoise, green, and blue beadwork, the necklace forms an irregular, asymmetrical composition made up of five interconnected sections joined by open networks of beads and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2026.40.1
Blondell Cummings (October 27, 1944 – August 30, 2015) was an American modern dancer and choreographer. She is known for her experimental choreography and was a fixture in the New York and Harlem dance scene for decades.
