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Banner with motto of Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs

Created by: Unidentified
Used by: Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, American, founded 1910
Subject of: National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, American, founded 1896

Medium: silk (fiber), wood, paint
Dimensions: 2010.2.1a: 37 1/4 × 31 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (94.6 × 80 × 3.5 cm); 2010.2.1b: 13/16 × 31 1/2 × 13/16 in. (2.1 × 80 × 2.1 cm)

Type: banners

Place collected: Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1924

Description: A purple silk banner with gold fringe created for the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. The message "LIFTING / AS / WE CLIMB" is painted across the banner in large gold letters. Above the words is a painted design of three interlocking triangles, the center of which is filled with the two on either side in outline. The bottom of the banner is scalloped and has an attached length of fringe. The top of the banner has a sewn loop running its length for a rod (2010.2.1b) to be inserted. There is a strip of gold fringe sewn just below this loop. The rod is currently stored in place in the banner. It is painted gold at the ends and has a dowel inserted at the end of the proper left side with a hole for a dowel on the proper right side.

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; American West; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Communication; Communities; Political organizations; Politics (Practical); United States--History--1865-1921; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2010.2.1abc

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Exhibition: Making a Way Out of No Way
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Banner for Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs

Created by: Unidentified
Subject of: National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, American, founded 1896; Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, American, founded 1910

Medium: silk (fiber), wood, paint
Dimensions: H x W x D (2010.2.2a-d): 38 × 41 × 1 3/8 in. (96.5 × 104.1 × 3.5 cm); H x W (2010.2.2a): 36 × 29 in. (91.4 × 73.7 cm); H x W x D (2010.2.bc): 1 9/16 × 36 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (4 × 93.3 × 4 cm); H x W x D (2010.2.2d): 1 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 5 1/2 in. (4 × 4 × 14 cm)

Type: banners

Place collected: Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1924

Description: A purple silk banner with gold fringe created for the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. The message "OKLAHOMA / FEDERATION / OF / COLORED WOMEN / 1910" is painted across the banner in large gold letters. The bottom of the banner is scalloped and has an attached length of fringe. The top of the banner has a sewn loop running its length for a rod (2010.2.2b) to be inserted. There is a strip of gold fringe sewn just below this loop. The rod is currently stored in place in the banner. It is painted gold at the ends and has two carved wooden finial painted gold. 2010.2.2c is attached to the rod and 2010.2.2d is detached.

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; American West; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Communication; Communities; Political organizations; Politics (Practical); United States--History--1865-1921; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2010.2.2a-d

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Textiles; Memorabilia and Ephemera
Exhibition: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Untitled

Created by: Young, Purvis, American, 1943 - 2010

Medium: paint on fiberboard
Dimensions: H x W x D: 65 1/16 × 47 5/8 × 1 in. (165.3 × 121 × 2.5 cm) framed

Type: paintings

Place made: Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1990s

Description: This painting depicts a large mass of abstract human and animal figures rendered in simple brushstrokes. Human figureys and horses are aligned in rows, with a burial ground of headstones and crosses through the center. The figures are formed in a series of curving line brushstrokes of black, grey, yellow, and red against a red and yellow background. On the far side of the burial ground, figures on horseback surround an animal figure resembling a buffalo. In the foreground are four dark forms resembling hte back of heads, necks, and shoulders. These heads are surrounded by yellow halos. The top left corner of the fiberboard is missing.

Topic: African American; American West; Art; United States--History

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Calynne and Lou Hill

Object number: 2010.64.2

Restrictions & Rights: ©1990s Purvis Young. Permission required for use.

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Classification: Visual Arts
Exhibition: Visual Art and the American Experience
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Troop A, Ninth U.S. Cavalry -- Famous Indian Fighters

Photograph by: Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901
Published by: Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s
Subject of: 9th Cavalry Regiment, American, founded 1866

Medium: albumen and silver on paper with cardboard
Dimensions: H x W (Image and card): 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)

Type: albumen prints; stereographs

Date: 1898

Description: A stereograph produced by Underwood & Underwood, dated 1898, of an outdoor scene titled: "Troop A, Ninth U.S. Cavalry -- Famous Indian Fighters/ Copyright 1898 by Strohmeyer & Wyman", below the image. The stereograph is rectangular in shape with two identical albumen photographs that are square-shaped with a curved top edge attached to a piece of cardboard. Both images feature Troop A of the Ninth U.S. Calvary in an open field posed on horse back in a military formation. The left edge of the stereograph contains the following textual information: "Strohmeyer & Wyman, Publishers/ New York, NY"" while the right side contains the following textual information: "Sold only by Underwood & Underwood/ New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas".

Topic: African American; American West; Buffalo Soldiers; Military; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.155.175

Restrictions & Rights: 1898 by Strohmeyer & Wyman

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Evans Derrell Hopkins Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Hopkins, Evans Derrell, American, born 1954
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Seale, Bobby, American, born 1936

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:58:21

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Danville, Virginia, United States, North and Central America; Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America; Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 7, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.29.1a, 2011.174.29.1b, 2011.174.29.1c, 2011.174.29.1d, 2011.174.29.1e, 2011.174.29.1f, 2011.174.29.1g, 2011.174.29.1h, and 2011.174.29.1i.; Evans Hopkins recalls growing up in Danville, Virginia, and participating in efforts to desegregate public schools and the library. He remembers joining the Black Panther Party in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Oakland, California, and working on Bobby Seale's campaign for Mayor of Oakland. He also discusses his imprisonment for car theft and the high rate of incarceration among African American men.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0029

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; American West; Black power; Civil Rights; Education; Political organizations; Politics (Practical); Prisons; Segregation; Social reform; United States--History--1969-2001

Credit Line: Collection of Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.29.1a-i

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Elmer Dixon Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Dixon, Elmer, American
Interviewed by: Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
Subject of: Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s; Carmichael, Stokely, Trinidadian American, 1941 - 1998; Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Seale, Bobby, American, born 1936; Dr. Newton, Huey P., American, 1942 - 1989; Dixon, Aaron, American, born 1949

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:32:32

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America; Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: February 28, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of eleven digital files: 2011.174.57.1a, 2011.174.57.1b, 2011.174.57.1c, 2011.174.57.1d, 2011.174.57.1e, 2011.174.57.1f, 2011.174.57.1g, 2011.174.57.1h, 2011.174.57.1i, 2011.174.57.1j, and 2011.174.57.1k.; Elmer Dixon discusses his childhood in Chicago, Illinois and Seattle, Washington, where he marched with Martin Luther King, Jr., and heard Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) leader Stokely Carmichael speak. At 17 he met Black Panthers Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in Oakland and established, with his brother Aaron Dixon as Defense Captain, the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party. Dixon discusses his work with the Panthers, the survival of several of the programs he started, including a health clinic, his work after the Panther chapter closed down in 1978, and his current position as director of an executive consulting firm specializing in diversity issues.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0057

Topic: African American; Activism; American West; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Medicine; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969; United States--History--1969-2001

Credit Line: Collection of Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.57.1a-k

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Steven McNichols Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: McNichols, Steven, American, 1939 - 2013
Interviewed by: Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
Subject of: University of California, Los Angeles, American, founded 1919; United States Student Association, American, founded 1947; National Student Federation of America; Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961; Delta Ministry, American, founded 1964; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964; 1964 Democratic National Convention, American, founded 1964

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:17:14

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Burlingame, San Mateo County, California, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America; Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America; Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States, North and Central America; Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: March 1, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of eleven digital files: 2011.174.58.1a, 2011.174.58.1b, 2011.174.58.1c, 2011.174.58.1d, 2011.174.58.1e, 2011.174.58.1f, 2011.174.58.1g, 2011.174.58.1h, 2011.174.58.1i, 2011.174.58.1j, and 2011.174.58.1k.; Steven McNichols discussed his childhood in New York City, his mother's illnesses and attending the University of California, Los Angeles in 1958. He became involved in politics through the National Student Federation and National Student Association, and participated in the Freedom Rides, riding a train from Los Angeles, California, to Houston, Texas. He also discusses his work with the Delta Ministry, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and the 1964 Democratic Party convention.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0058

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; American West; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Education; Politics (Practical); Social reform; United States--History--1953-1961; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.58.1a-k

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Mildred Pitts Walter Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Walter, Mildred Pitts, born 1922
Interviewed by: Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
Subject of: Southern University and A&M College, American, founded 1880; Walter, Earl, American, died 1965; Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:31:20

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: San Mateo, California, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Louisiana, United States, North and Central America; Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America; Soviet Union, Europe

Date: March 1, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.59.1a, 2011.174.59.1b, 2011.174.59.1c, 2011.174.59.1d, and 2011.174.59.1e.; Mildred Pitts Walter discusses her early life in Louisiana, attending Southern University, and moving to Los Angeles in 1944. Pitts recalls meeting Earl Walter whom she married two years later, her work with Earl who headed the Los Angeles chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) from 1951 to 1963, CORE pickets of housing developers in Los Angeles, and her work as a clerk in the LA school district while getting her teaching credentials. She also discusses her career writing over 20 books for children, her work with a national association of nurses to develop culturally sensitive training, marching in the Soviet Union for peace, her ideas about civil rights and human rights.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0059

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; American West; Associations and institutions; Children; Civil Rights; Education; Housing; Humanitarianism; International affairs; Medicine; Social reform; United States--History--1945-1953; United States--History--1953-1961; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.59.1a-e

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Ben Caldwell Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Caldwell, Ben R., American
Interviewed by: Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
Subject of: L.A. Rebellion, American, 1967 - 1989; University of California, Los Angeles, American, founded 1919

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:07:24

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: New Mexico, United States, North and Central America

Date: April 11, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.77.1a, 2011.174.77.1b, 2011.174.77.1c, 2011.174.77.1d, 2011.174.77.1e, and 2011.174.77.1f.; Ben Caldwell shares his family's history in the Southwest and his childhood experience in New Mexico. Caldwell describes his military service during the Vietnam War and how his experiences made him reflect on racial prejudices in the United States. He began studying art, and he eventually moved to Los Angeles, where he has been part of a black arts movement since the 1970s. He discusses the L.A. Rebellion, a collective of black filmmakers from UCLA, as well as various art projects in which he has been involved and documentary films he has produced.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0077

Topic: African American; Activism; American West; Art; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Education; Film; Military; Social reform; United States--History--1969-2001; Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Credit Line: Collection of Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.77.1a-f

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Rick Tuttle, Ph. D. Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Tuttle, Rick Ph. D., American, born 1940
Interviewed by: Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
Subject of: Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961; Wesleyan University, American, founded 1831; University of California, Los Angeles, American, founded 1919; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s; Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946; Chatham County Crusade for Voters, American, c. 1960

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:04:49

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America; Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America; Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: April 11, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.78.1a, 2011.174.78.1b, 2011.174.78.1c, 2011.174.78.1d, 2011.174.78.1e, and 2011.174.78.1f.; Rick Tuttle, Ph. D. describes his family background and when he first became aware of the sit-in movement and the Freedom Rides when he was a student at Wesleyan University. As a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), he was recruited to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1963 and went to Greenwood, Mississippi, to work on voter registration drives. He also briefly spied on white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan meetings. After being driven out of Mississippi by threats, he joined the Chatham County Crusade for Voters in Savannah, Georgia. Tuttle describes being arrested in Savannah for disturbing the peace and the subsequent trial. Tuttle discusses the work he did after leaving the Movement: as the comptroller in Los Angeles he helped to bring an end to segregation at private clubs and participated in the anti-apartheid movement.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0078

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; American West; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Education; Resistance; Segregation; Social reform; Suffrage; United States--History--1961-1969; White supremacy movements

Credit Line: Collection of Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.78.1a-f

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

William S. Leventhal Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Leventhal, William S., American, born 1946
Interviewed by: Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
Subject of: University of California, Los Angeles, American, founded 1919; Summer Community Organization and Political Education, American, founded 1965; Major League Baseball, American, founded 1869; Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 03:02:18

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: El Segundo, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America; Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America; Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America; Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: April 13, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.82.1a, 2011.174.82.1b, 2011.174.82.1c, 2011.174.82.1d, 2011.174.82.1e, 2011.174.82.1f, 2011.174.82.1g, and 2011.174.82.1h.; Willy Siegel Leventhal discusses his childhood in California, his experiences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 1960s, and his involvement in the Summer Community Organization and Political Education Project (SCOPE). Leventhal describes what it was like to be a Jewish child in a mostly Catholic community and how his childhood experiences informed his later activism and identity. Baseball was especially important to him, as he witnessed the first Jewish and African American ballplayers desegregate the Major Leagues. Leventhal became active in SCOPE during his first year at UCLA, after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., visited campus to recruit students. Leventhal describes the SCOPE training in Atlanta, and he shares his memories of living and working in Macon and Americus, Georgia.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0082

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; American West; Associations and institutions; Baseball; Civil Rights; Education; Religion; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.82.1a-h

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Gloria Claudette Grinnell Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Grinnell, Gloria Claudette, American, born 1939
Interviewed by: Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
Subject of: Virginia Union University, American, founded 1865; Los Angeles Unified School Disctrict, American, founded 1961

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:06:45

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Ojai, Ventura County, California, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America; San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America; Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: April 14, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.83.1a, 2011.174.83.1b, 2011.174.83.1c, and 2011.174.83.1d.; Gloria Claudette Grinnell recounts her participation in the sit-in movement in Richmond, Virginia, when she was a student at Virginia Union University. She describes her family's history on the East Coast and explains how she and her mother ended up in San Francisco. She discusses her decision to move from California to attend Virginia Union. She describes the sit-in movement that she joined in 1960. She discusses returning to California and her career with the Los Angeles Unified School District.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0083

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; American West; Civil Rights; Education; Social reform; United States--History--1953-1961

Credit Line: Collection of Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.83.1a-d

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

The Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Rev. Dr. McKinney, Samuel Berry, American, born 1926
Interviewed by: Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
Subject of: Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968; United States Army Air Corps, American, 1926 - 1941; Morehouse College, American, founded 1867; Liberty Bank, American, 1968 - 1988; Central Area Civil Rights Committee (CACRC), American, founded 1963

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:48:53

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America

Date: April 17, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.85.1a, 2011.174.85.1b, 2011.174.85.1c, 2011.174.85.1d, 2011.174.85.1e, 2011.174.85.1f, and 2011.174.85.1g.; The Reverend Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney recalls growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, and attending Morehouse College, where he got to know fellow freshman Martin Luther King, Jr. After service in the Army Flight Corps during World War II and finishing his college education, McKinney became a minister at a church in Seattle, Washington, where he contributed to the creation of the Liberty Bank. He discusses his role in founding the Central Area Civil Rights Committee in Seattle.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0085

Topic: African American; Activism; American West; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Education; Military; Religion; Social reform; United States--History--1953-1961; United States--History--1961-1969; World War II

Credit Line: Collection of Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.85.1a-g

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Aaron Dixon Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Dixon, Aaron, American, born 1949
Interviewed by: Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Black Student Union at the University of Washington, American, founded 1968; University of Washington, American, founded 1861; Hutton, Robert James, American, 1950 - 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:27:31

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North and Central America

Date: May 11, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of eleven digital files: 2011.174.87.1a, 2011.174.87.1b, 2011.174.87.1c, 2011.174.87.1d, 2011.174.87.1e, 2011.174.87.1f, 2011.174.87.1g, 2011.174.87.1h, 2011.174.87.1i, 2011.174.87.1j, and 2011.174.87.1k.; Aaron Dixon describes his childhood in the Midwest and in Seattle and how he became a leader in the Black Panther Party, helping to found the Seattle chapter of the Party. He helped Dixon describes in detail his family history and the influence of oral tradition on his racial consciousness. He discusses the role of the Black Student Union at the University of Washington and details how the murder of Little Bobby Hutton influenced him profoundly and led him to join the Black Panther Party. He describes the Party's influence in Seattle and Oakland, his role in the Party, tensions with the police, tensions among members, and how the goals of the Black Panther Party shifted over the during 1960s and 1970s.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0087

Topic: African American; Activism; American West; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Education; Race relations; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969; United States--History--1969-2001

Credit Line: Collection of Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.87.1a-k

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Luis Zapata Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Zapata, Luis, 1944 - 2015
Interviewed by: Dr. Crosby, Emilye Ph. D., American
Subject of: San José State University, American, founded 1857; United Farm Workers of America, American, founded 1962; Mississippi Freedom Labor Union, American, founded 1965; Council of Federated Organizations, founded 1962; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s; Espy, Alphonso Michael "Mike", American, born 1953

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:02:01

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Orange County, California, United States, North and Central America; San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, United States, North and Central America; Cleveland, Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: June 27, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.95.1a, 2011.174.95.1b, 2011.174.95.1c, 2011.174.95.1d, 2011.174.95.1e, and 2011.174.95.1f.; Luis Zapata describes his childhood in Orange County, California, and how he came to join the labor movement as a college student at San Jose State University. He discusses the organizing work he did with the United Farm Workers and how he ended up moving to Cleveland, Mississippi, for four years where he organized for the Mississippi Freedom Labor Union and helped to register voters with the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Zapata also discusses his later involvement in the congressional campaign of Mike Espy as well as his participation in international movements for human rights.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0095

Topic: African American; Activism; Agriculture; American South; American West; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Education; Humanitarianism; Labor; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.95.1a-f

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Map of the Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River

Bloodstained map from Bleeding Kansas-era

Created by: Nicollet, J. N., French, 1786 - 1843
Owned by: Hoyt, David, American, 1821 - 1856

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 19 x 32 in. (48.3 x 81.3 cm)

Type: maps

Place used: Douglas County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1843

Caption: This bloodstained map depicting the Mississippi River Basin was owned by David Starr Hoyt, an abolitionist murdered by pro-slavery forces near Lawrence, Kansas, in August 1856.
Description: A bloodstained map, black ink on white paper, depicting the Mississippi River Basin, an area that includes contemporary Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas. The map was reportedly owned by David Hoyt, an abolitionist who died supporting the cause.

Topic: African American; American West; Antislavery; Slavery; United States--History--1815-1861; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.23.1

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials; Slavery and Freedom Objects
Exhibition: Slavery and Freedom
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Letter to the parents of David Hoyt from James F. Legate

Created by: Legate, James F., American, 1829 - 1902
Subject of: Hoyt, David, American, 1821 - 1856

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 7 7/8 x 5 1/8 in. (20 x 13 cm)

Type: letters (correspondence)

Place depicted: Douglas County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
Place made: Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Date: September 11, 1856

Caption: A handwritten letter offering the condolences of abolitionist James F. Legate to the parents of David Starr Hoyt after Hoyt's murder by pro-slavery forces near Lawrence, Kansas, in August 1856.
Description: A letter, handwritten in black ink on white paper, offering the condolences of James F. Legate to the parents of David Hoyt on the occasion of Hoyt's death.
Transcription Center Status: Transcribed by digital volunteers

Topic: African American; American West; Antislavery; Correspondence; Slavery; United States--History--1815-1861; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.23.2

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials; Slavery and Freedom Objects

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Photograph of a man and woman in front of car

Created by: Unidentified
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (7 x 11.4 cm)

Type: photographs; portraits

Place depicted: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1921

Description: A black-and-white photograph of a man and a woman standing in front of an automobile. The man wears a three-piece suit and wraps his arms around the shoulders of the woman, who wears a dress and jacket. Stamped on the back is [34].

Topic: African American; American South; American West; Photography; Transportation

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams

Object number: 2011.60.6

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Admission ticket for the Second Annual Monterey Jazz Festival

Created by: Unidentified
Owned by: Gleason, Ralph Joseph, American, 1917 - 1975

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (3.8 x 8.9 cm)

Type: admission tickets

Place depicted: Monterey, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1959

Description: A pink admission ticket with black text for the Second Annual Monterey Jazz Festival held at the Monterey County Fairgrounds on Oct. 4, 1959. On the proper left edge of the ticket is text that reads [14 Box 7 Seat].

Topic: African American; American West; Amusements; Jazz (Music)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.68.5.1

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera

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Official pass for the Monterey Jazz Festival

Created by: Unidentified
Owned by: Gleason, Ralph Joseph, American, 1917 - 1975
Signed by: Hallett, Hal

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 2 1/4 x 4 in. (5.7 x 10.2 cm)

Type: passes (tickets)

Date: 1958

Description: A pink pass with black lettering and handwritten notations for the 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival that belonged to Ralph Gleason. The black printed text reads: [OFFICIALS / PASS / MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL / OCT 3-4-5, 1958]. The handwritten text in blue ink reads: [Ralph Gleason, San Francisco, Calif. Director]. The pass is signed by Hal Hallett.

Topic: African American; American West; Amusements; Jazz (Music)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.68.5.2

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Exhibition: Musical Crossroads
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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