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The Tulsa Race Riot and Three of Its Victims
- Written by
- B. C. Franklin, American, 1879 - 1960
- Date
- August 22, 1931
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W: 14 × 9 in. (35.6 × 22.9 cm)
- Description
- A manuscript titled “The Tulsa Race Riot and Three of Its Victims” by B. C. Franklin. The unpublished manuscript consists of ten pages written in black type on yellowed paper. It was written ten years after the Tulsa Riots on August 22, 1931 and recounts the events of the Tulsa Riot as witnessed by the author. The pages contain an account of Franklin witnessing three men being killed by the mob. The manuscript is signed by B.C. Franklin on the last page.
- Place depicted
- Greenwood, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Type
- manuscripts
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Race relations
- Race riots
- United States--History--1919-1933
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Tulsa Friends and John W. and Karen R. Franklin
- Object number
- 2015.176.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Resurrection City: Untitled
- Photograph by
- Freedman, Jill, American, born 1939
- Subject of
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Tijerina, Reies, Mexican American, 1926 - 2015
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1968; printed September 2017
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin and photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 11/16 × 12 15/16 in. (22 × 32.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 7/8 × 14 in. (27.7 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Reies Tijerina surrounded by supporters and reporters. Supporters hold signs that read [We / WANT / OUR / LAND / BACK!] and [a / TREATY / is the / SUPREME / LAW OF THE / LAND]. Reporters hold hand microphones, and a boom microphone and camera are also visible. The print is signed on the back in graphite [Jill Freedman].
- Movement
- Poor People's Campaign
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Resurrection City
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Activism
- American West
- Justice
- Local and regional
- Politics (Practical)
- Poverty
- Race relations
- United States--History--1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.81.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jill Freedman
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Photographic postcard of the Cuban Knights Social Club
- Printed by
- Orcajo Photo Art, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Cuban Knights Social Club
- St. Louis Crackerjacks, American, 1938
- West End Hall, American
- Green, Harold
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 7/16 × 5 7/16 in. (8.7 × 13.8 cm)
- Description
- A photographic postcard featuring a sepia toned image of twelve (12) young men dressed similarly in white jackets with medium toned lapels, dark pants, and dark ties with tie clips. They are arranged in two (2) rows, with five (5) seated in front and seven (7) standing at the back. The three (3) men in the center of the front row are holding a sign that reads [CUBAN KNIGHTS / Social Club]. The number [3217] is printed in the negative, in the bottom left corner. The back of the postcard has the text [POST CARD] printed at the top in black and traced over by hand in pencil. The left half of the page has black printed text that reads [CORRESPONDENCE / Dear Friend: / You are invited to our / ANNUAL FREE MATINEE / West End Hall / Vandeventer and Finney Aves. / Sunday, April 11, '37 4-8 p.m. / Music by / ST. LOUIS CRACKERJACKS / Admission and Checking Free / Thanking you, / The Cuban Knights / Courtesy fee 15c]. The name of the manufacturer, [ORCAJO PHOTO ART, DAYTON, OHIO], is printed vertically to the left of the text. The right half is addressed [To / Sally Cathell / From / Harold Green], handwritten in pencil.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place depicted
- Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Place printed
- Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- portraits
- photographic postcards
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.46.25.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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The Voice Vol. 4 No. 3
- Published by
- The Voice Publishing Company, Inc., founded 1923
- Printed by
- Cathrell Printing Company, American
- Subject of
- Cathrell, Sally J., 1893 - 1970
- Date
- April 1926
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 9 1/4 × 6 1/16 × 1/8 in. (23.5 × 15.4 × 0.3 cm)
- Description
- An April 1926 edition of "The Voice." The front cover has a white background and features a sepia-toned photographic portrait of a woman identified as [Mrs. Sallie J. Cathrell, Pres. Cathrell Printing Co.] in the table of contents. She is depicted in profile with a jaw-length bob haircut and wearing a light colored sleeveless top. Black and red text above and below the image read, [The Voice / "The Shout of a Rising Race" / Published Monthly in the Interest of / Colored People Everywhere / April, 1926 Price 15c / Kansas City Special Number]. The text is surrounded by a black border with a decorative motif at the corners. The publication includes a front cover, back cover, and thirty-four (34) pages bound with staples.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Place printed
- Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Kansas City, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Topic
- American West
- Business
- Education
- Literature
- Mass media
- Music
- Politics (Practical)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.46.25.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Pinback button for the Delano Grape Strike
- Manufactured by
- AFL-CIO, American, founded 1955
- Subject of
- United Farm Workers of America, American, founded 1962
- Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, American, founded 1959
- Date
- 1965-1970
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 1/2 × 1 5/8 × 5/16 in. (3.8 × 4.1 × 0.8 cm)
- Description
- A pinback button for the United Farm Workers and Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee strike against grape growers in California. The background of the button is red. Black lettering at the top and bottom reads [Boycott / Grapes]. At center is a black eagle symbol. The exterior edge has the manufacturer’s stamp printed in black ink. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
- Movement
- Chicano Movement / El Movimiento
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Place used
- California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Topic
- Activism
- Agriculture
- American West
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Justice
- Labor
- Resistance
- United States--History--1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- Object number
- 2013.68.142
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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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
- Date
- July 7, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:58:21
- 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
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Black Power (Black Pride)
- 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
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- 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 the 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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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
- Date
- February 28, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 02:32:32
- 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
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Black Power (Black Pride)
- 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
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- 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 the 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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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, American, founded 1925
- Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
- Delta Ministry, American, founded 1964
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
- 1964 Democratic National Convention, American, founded 1964
- Date
- March 1, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 02:17:14
- 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
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom Riders
- Mississippi Freedom Summer
- 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
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- American West
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- Politics (Practical)
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- United States--History--1953-1961
- United States--History--1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the 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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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
- Date
- March 1, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:31:20
- 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
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- 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
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- American West
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- 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 the 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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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
- Date
- April 11, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 02:07:24
- 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
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Place collected
- Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- New Mexico, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- 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 the 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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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
- Date
- April 11, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 02:04:49
- 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
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Anti-apartheid movements
- Freedom Riders
- Place collected
- Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, 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
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- 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 the 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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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
- Date
- April 13, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 03:02:18
- 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
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Place collected
- El Segundo, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, 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
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- American West
- Associations and institutions
- Baseball
- Civil rights
- Education
- Religion
- Social reform
- United States--History--1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the 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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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
- Date
- April 14, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:06:45
- 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
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- 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
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- American West
- Civil rights
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Social reform
- United States--History--1953-1961
- Credit Line
- Collection of the 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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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
- Date
- April 17, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:48:53
- 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
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Place collected
- Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American West
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Military
- Religion
- Social reform
- United States--History--1953-1961
- United States--History--1961-1969
- World War II
- Credit Line
- Collection of the 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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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
- Date
- May 11, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 02:27:31
- 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
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Black Power (Black Pride)
- Place collected
- Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- 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 the 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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William “Bill” Russell Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Bill Russell, American, born 1934
- Interviewed by
- Branch, Taylor, American, born 1947
- Subject of
- University of San Francisco, American, founded 1855
- National Basketball Association, American, founded 1946
- Boston Celtics, American, founded 1946
- Major League Baseball, American, founded 1869
- Boston Red Sox, American, founded 1901
- Date
- May 12, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 03:07:25
- Description
- The oral history consists of eleven digital files: 2011.174.88.1a, 2011.174.88.1b, 2011.174.88.1c, 2011.174.88.1d, 2011.174.88.1e, 2011.174.88.1f, 2011.174.88.1g, 2011.174.88.1h, 2011.174.88.1i, 2011.174.88.1j, and 2011.174.88.1k.
- Basketball player William "Bill" Russell remembers his childhood in Louisiana and Oakland, California, in the 1940s. After winning two Final Fours with the University of San Francisco, he won an Olympic gold medal and an NBA championship playing for the Boston Celtics, one of thirteen Russell would win, including eight in a row. Russell had a difficult relationship with the sports media in Boston, but a better one with his Celtics teammates. He defends the organization as progressive on racial matters (as opposed to the Red Sox) and describes a post-retirement reconciliation with Boston that resulted in considerable Red Sox support for his mentoring organization and a statue of him, erected in 2013.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0088
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Place collected
- Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
- San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American West
- Athletes
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Civil rights
- Education
- Olympics
- Race relations
- Social reform
- United States--History--1933-1945
- United States--History--1945-1953
- United States--History--1953-1961
- United States--History--1961-1969
- United States--History--1969-2001
- United States--History--2001-
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2011.174.88.1a-k
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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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
- Date
- June 27, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 02:02:01
- 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
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Chicano Movement / El Movimiento
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- 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
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- 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 the 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
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Map of the Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River
- Created by
- Nicollet, J. N., French, 1786 - 1843
- Owned by
- Hoyt, David, American, 1821 - 1856
- Date
- 1843
- On ViewConcourse 3, C3 053
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 19 x 32 in. (48.3 x 81.3 cm)
- Title
- Bloodstained map from Bleeding Kansas-era
- 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.
- Movement
- Anti-slavery movements
- Place used
- Douglas County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- maps
- Topic
- 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
-
CC0
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
- Date
- September 11, 1856
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 7/8 x 5 1/8 in. (20 x 13 cm)
- 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
- Movement
- Anti-slavery movements
- Place depicted
- Douglas County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- letters (correspondence)
- Topic
- 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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Lobby card for The Learning Tree
- Created by
- Warner Bros. Pictures, American, founded 1923
- Distributed by
- National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
- Subject of
- Parks, Gordon, American, 1912 - 2006
- Johnson, Kyle, American, born 1951
- Date
- 1969
- On ViewSecond Floor, 2 050
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
- Description
- Lobby Card for the 1969 movie The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks. The card features a large color image from the film with black bands running vertically along the left side and horizontally across the bottom of the card. The image depicts five teenage boys standing in field. All are wearing overalls and two boys on the right face each other. The other three boys stand off to the left and face the other two. Below the image and to the left is [THE LEARNING TREE] in decorative pink font with last 'T' white and resembling a tree. Below this in small white type is [A film by Gordon Parks based on his novel.]. Along the bottom of the black band is casting and production information. Along the very bottom edge of the card is a copyright notice: [COPYRIGHT 1969 WARNER BROS. - SEVEN ARTS, INC.] and a licensing note from National Screen Service Corp.
- Place depicted
- Kansas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Actors
- American West
- Film
- Identity
- Literature
- Men
- Youth
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.96.1.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1969 Warner Bros. - Seven Arts, Inc. Permission required for use.