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Books and Published Materials

News clipping describing reasons why new voters had not previously registered

September 29, 1956

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This newspaper clipping from the San Francisco Sun-Reporter describes the reasons the 1,750 people who were registered during the San Francisco NCNW drive had not registered before. Multiple phrases are underlined in blue ink throughout the clipping. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.17.2
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Books and Published Materials

News clipping of a photo of women and children with voter registration signs

September 13, 1956

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This newspaper clipping from the San Francisco Independent of a photograph and accompanying caption depicts young children and members of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women holding placards and standing next to a car that took…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.14.2
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Newsletter discussing events in Angola

March 11, 1976

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This newsletter discusses Henry Kissinger's foreign policy in Africa and the fight for liberation in Angola. The newsletter is white paper with black text and the words: [Angola News Summary] appear at the top of the page. This newsletter features articles…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.29
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Newspaper clipping about student artists at Coolidge High School

late 1960s

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A newspaper clipping with a brief article of a student at Washington, DC's Calvin Coolidge High School on each side. The clipping is printed in black text on off-white paper. One side features a black-and-white image and biography of student Susan Dopp and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.201.1.23.1
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Books and Published Materials

Newspaper clipping announcing a NCNW Junior Council Columbus Day meeting

October 11, 1956

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This newspaper clipping from the San Francisco Independent announces a Columbus Day meeting to be held on Friday, October 12, 1956 by the Junior Council of the National Council of Negro Women. The clipping is adhered to the bottom half of page 47 in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.56.2
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Books and Published Materials

Newspaper clipping describing the participants in the NCNW motorcade

September 15, 1956

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This short news clipping describes the Greek-letter and civic organizations that participated in the Citizen Education Project motorcade on September 8, 1956. The clipping is taped to the lower half of the tenth page in Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.12.2
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Books and Published Materials

Newspaper clipping of a photograph of participants in the NCNW Political Forum

October 20, 1956

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This newspaper clipping from the San Francisco Sun-Reporter shows a photograph of the participants in the Sun-Reporter's Political Forum. This clipping is located between pages 30 and 31 of Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.34
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Books and Published Materials

Newspaper clipping of a photograph of participants in the NCNW Political Forum

October 20, 1956

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This newspaper clipping from the San Francisco Sun-Reporter shows a photograph of the participants in the Sun-Reporter's Political Forum. This clipping is located between pages 30 and 31 of Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.35
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Books and Published Materials

Newspaper clipping of a photograph of women at a brunch meeting

October 18, 1956

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This newspaper clipping from the San Francisco Independent shows a photograph of members of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women sitting and standing in the home of Lurline White after a brunch meeting to discuss the Citizenship…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.18abc
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Books and Published Materials

Newspaper clipping of a photograph of women at the NCNW chapter headquarters

October 13, 1956

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This newspaper clipping from the Sun Reporter shows a photograph of members of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women standing in the chapter's headquarters at 1914 Fillmore Avenue in San Francisco. The caption below the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.19
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Books and Published Materials

Newspaper clipping of women distributing voter registration pamphlets

September 20, 1956

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This newspaper clipping from the San Francisco independent depicts members of the San Francisco chapter of the National Council of Negro Women and members of the Junior Council distributing pamphlets urging that all citizens register and vote. The caption…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.13.1ab
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Books and Published Materials

Newspaper clipping recounting the success of the Political Forum and reception

October 20, 1956

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This newspaper clipping from the San Francisco Sun-Reporter gives a brief recount of the Political Forum and reception featuring J. Ernest Wilkins and Charles C. Diggs. The clipping is adhered to the bottom quarter of page seventeen (17) in Frances…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.20.3
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Books and Published Materials

Newsweek June 1969

1969

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Newsweek magazine featuring a collage of six human portraits. The foregrounded portraits, five in total, are color photographs of people seen from the shoulders up in a variety of poses wearing a variety of different clothing styles. Behind the five (5)…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.201.16
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Books and Published Materials

Newsweek November 1967

1967

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Newsweek magazine featuring a color photograph of two (2) left forearms raised on the right side of the cover. The raised hands are held in contrasting positions. The hand in the lower right quadrant is clenched in a fist, the other, in the upper right…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.201.17
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magazines (periodicals)

Newsweek Vol. LXII No. 10

September 2, 1963

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An issue of Newsweek magazine featuring a cover story on the March on Washington. On the cover, the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial as seen between two columns.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.17.183
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Books and Published Materials

Newsweek vol. LXXII no.3

July 15, 1968

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Newsweek magazine, July 15, 1968 edition. The front cover features a full color image of Tommie Smith sprinting on an outdoor track. He is wearing a yellow tank top with green text that reads [SANTA CLARA] across the front and green athletic shorts with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.4
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Newsweek Vol. LXXVI No. 5

August 3, 1970

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A copy of Newsweek magazine from the week of August 3, 1970. [Newsweek] appears in bold red letters across the top of the magazine. The cover story appears in black, blue, and yellow type on the right edge of the magazine [The / Black / Mayors / How Are /…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.36.1
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Books and Published Materials

Next Steps in the Struggle for Negro Freedom

1953

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A pamphlet for written by Hugh Bradley. The front cover has white print on a magenta background. The interior consists of forty-eight pages of text. The back of the pamphlet features an advertisement for New Century Publishers.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.85
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BIOGRAPHY
Politics & Public Life

Nia Gill

1948–

Nia H. Gill (born March 15, 1948) is an American attorney and Democratic Party politician, who represented the 34th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate from 2002 to 2024. She ran unsuccessfully as a candidate in the June 2012 primary election to…

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Civil Rights

Nia Imara

Biography

Nia Imara is an American astrophysicist, artist, and activist. Imara's scientific work deals with galactic mass, star formation, and exoplanet detection. Imara was the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in astrophysics at the University of…

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Arts & Performance

Nia Keturah Calhoun

Biography

Nia Keturah Calhoun is a DC-based multidisciplinary artist who is best known for her mural on 14th Street of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Her work was exhibited by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, 2017 Women's March, and the…

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Biography & Culture

Nia King

Biography

Nia King is an art activist, journalist, and podcaster in Oakland, California. She is best known for her podcast "We Want the Airwaves," where she interviews queer and trans artists about their lives and work.

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Biography & Culture

Nia-Malika Henderson

1974–

Nia-Malika Henderson (born July 7, 1974) is an American journalist. She is a columnist at Bloomberg and a senior political analyst for CNN. She reported broadly on the 2016 campaign for CNN's digital and television platforms, with a special focus on…

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