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Pinback button for the BET's celebration of Barack Obama's Inauguration

Created by: BET Networks, American, founded 2001
Subject of: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961

Date: 2009

Topic: African American; Local and regional; Politics (Practical); United States--History--1969-2001

Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Chris Usher

Medium: plastic and metal
Dimensions: H x W: 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (8.9 x 6.4 cm)

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Object number: 2009.20

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place depicted: National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Letter to Althea Gibson from Sheila Ann Hessler

Written by: Hessler, Sheila Ann, American
Received by: Gibson, Althea, American, 1927 - 2003

Date: April 13, 1959

Topic: African American; Correspondence; Local and regional; Tennis

Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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

Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions: H x W: 10 1/2 x 8 in. (26.7 x 20.3 cm)

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials

Type: letters (correspondence)

Object number: 2009.27.1.8ab

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America; Central Park West, Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Washington, D.C. • USA (March on Washington 8-28-1963)

Created by: Freed, Leonard, American, 1929 - 2006
Subject of: Shropshire, Jacquelyn Bond; Frinks, Golden Asro, 1920 - 2004

Date: 1963; printed 2006 - 2009

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Local and regional; Photography; Singers (Musicians); United States--History--1961-1969

Rights: © Leonard Freed/Magnum. Permission required for use.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brigitte Freed in memory of Leonard Freed

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 12 15/16 x 8 1/2 in. (32.9 x 21.7 cm); H x W (Image and Sheet): 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Object number: 2009.36.13

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Revolutionary

Created by: Jarrell, Wadsworth Aikens Sr., American, born 1929
Subject of: Davis, Angela, American, born 1944

Date: 1972

Topic: African American; Art; Civil Rights; Local and regional; Politics (Practical); Women

Rights: © Wadsworth Jarrell

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

Medium: printing ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 31 x 37 1/2 in. (78.7 x 95.3 cm)

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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

Type: screen prints; portraits

Object number: 2010.3.1

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place made: Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Itinerary for Col. Charles Young's trip from Wilberforce, OH to Washington, DC

Written by: Col. Young, Charles, American, 1864 - 1922
Received by: Price, Oscar W., American, born 1894

Date: 1918

Topic: African American; Correspondence; Local and regional; Military; Race discrimination; Resistance; World War I

Rights: Public domain

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

Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions: H x W: 5 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. (14.9 x 16.5 cm)

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials
Exhibition: Double Victory: The African American Military Experience
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 053

Type: itineraries

Object number: 2010.39.3

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place depicted: Wilberforce, Greene, Ohio, United States, North and Central America; Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Pen used by Lyndon B. Johnson to sign the 1965 Voting Rights Act

Created by: Esterbrook Pen Company, American, 1947 - 1967
Used by: President Johnson, Lyndon Baines, American, 1908 - 1973

Date: 1965

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Law; Local and regional; Politics (Practical); Race discrimination; Race relations; Segregation; United States--History--1961-1969

Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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

Medium: chrome steel and acrylic
Dimensions: H x W: 6 1/4 x 1/2 in. (15.9 x 1.3 cm)

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist 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

Type: fountain pens

Object number: 2010.45.1a-d

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Organizing Manual No. 2

Created by: Rustin, Bayard, American, 1912 - 1987; Robinson, Cleveland, Jamaican, 1914 - 1995

Date: 1963

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Local and regional; Political organizations; Politics (Practical); United States--History--1961-1969

Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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

Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/4 x 4 7/8 in. (21 x 12.4 cm)

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Type: pamphlets

Object number: 2010.45.3

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States

"Liberator" broadside advertising a bus trip to the 1963 March on Washington

Created by: Liberator Magazine, 1961-1971, American, 1961 - 1971

Date: 1963

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Local and regional; Transportation; United States--History--1961-1969

Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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

Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials; Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Type: broadsides

Object number: 2010.45.5

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place depicted: New York City, New York County, New York, United States; Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Collage of photographs of the Alpha Phi Alpha "Sphinx Club" fraternity

Created by: Addison Scurlock, American, 1883 - 1964
Subject of: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906; Howard University, American, founded 1867; Unidentified Man or Men

Date: 1923

Topic: African American; Education; Fraternities; Local and regional; Men; Photography

Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/4 x 10 in. (21 x 25.4 cm)

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography; Memorabilia and Ephemera

Type: black-and-white photographs; portraits

Object number: 2010.54.7

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place captured: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Post Mortem 1929

Published by: Howard University College of Medicine, American, founded 1868
Subject of: Howard University, American, founded 1867

Date: 1929

Topic: African American; Education; Local and regional; Medicine

Rights: public domain

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

Medium: cardboard , ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 10 3/4 x 8 x 1/2 in. (27.3 x 20.3 x 1.3 cm)

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Type: yearbooks

Object number: 2010.54.8

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Republican Notification Committee, Washington, D.C., Monday, June 20th, 1892

Photograph by: Prince, Fotografer, American, 1847 - 1929
Subject of: President McKinley, William, American, 1843 - 1901; President Harrison, Benjamin, American, 1833 - 1901; Harris, Charles Oscar, American, 1852 - 1913; Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895; Unidentified Man or Men

Date: 1892

Topic: African American; Local and regional; Photography; Politics (Practical); Race relations; United States--History--1865-1921

Rights: Public Domain

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Family of Charles Oscar Harris

Medium: silver and albumen on photographic paper and cardboard
Dimensions: 18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm); H x W: 15 x 21 1/2 in. (38.1 x 54.6 cm)

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Type: albumen prints; portraits

Object number: 2010.56

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place captured: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Program from the 1957 National Council of Negro Women annual convention

Caption: This document is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). The scrapbook highlights the Chapter’s efforts to register voters and educate Bay Area residents on the importance of voting as a part of the Citizenship Education Project which was jointly sponsored by the NCNW and the National Urban League.

Created by: Unidentified
Subject of: Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987; San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945; National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935; Bethune, Mary McLeod, American, 1875 - 1955

Date: November 1957

Topic: African American; Education; Local and regional; Politics (Practical); Social reform; Suffrage; Women

Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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

Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions: H x W (Open): 9 × 12 in. (22.9 × 30.5 cm)

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials

Type: programs

Object number: 2010.60.1.53

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Ticket stub for Washington, DC to Montgomery, AL for Selma-Montgomery March

Issued by: Southern Railway Company, American, 1894 - 1990
Used by: Mulholland, Joan Trumpauer, American, born 1941

Date: March 1965

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Local and regional; Transportation; United States--History--1961-1969

Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Trumpauer-Mulholland Collection

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (4.4 x 4.4 cm)

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist 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

Type: ticket stubs

Object number: 2010.71.14

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place depicted: Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America; Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America; Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Acting As If

Caption: Acting As If - Washington, District of Columbia, 1940's; Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 22.

Created by: Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Child or Children

Date: 1940s

Topic: African American; Children; Local and regional; Photography

Rights: © Joe Schwartz

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 7/16 x 11 15/16 in. (24 x 30.3 cm); H x W (Sheet): 10 7/8 x 13 15/16 in. (27.6 x 35.4 cm)

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Type: gelatin silver prints

Object number: 2010.74.24

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Like Joe Lewis

Caption: Like Joe Lewis - In the shadow of the capitol, Washington, District of Columbia, 1930's; Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 93.

Created by: Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children

Date: 1930s

Topic: African American; Children; Local and regional; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 10 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (26.7 x 34 cm); H x W (Sheet): 11 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (29.9 x 35.3 cm)

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Type: gelatin silver prints

Object number: 2010.74.80

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Poster protesting the Vietnam War made by the SMC

Created by: Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam

Date: 1971

Topic: African American; Activism; International affairs; Political organizations; Politics (Practical); Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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

Medium: colored ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 17 x 11 in. (43.2 x 27.9 cm)

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Type: political posters

Object number: 2011.10.2

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America; San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America; Southeast Asia, Asia

Poster with anti-war message by the Student Mobilization Committee

Created by: Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam

Date: 1970

Topic: African American; Activism; Politics (Practical); Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 22 x 17 in. (55.9 x 43.2 cm)

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Type: political posters

Object number: 2011.10.5

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America; San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Pinback button for Channing Phillips' presidential campaign

Manufactured by: Monarch Novelty, American
Subject of: Phillips, Channing E., American, 1928 - 1987

Date: 1968

Topic: African American; Activism; Local and regional; Politics (Practical); Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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

Medium: metal and plastic
Dimensions: Diameter (depth includes pin): 2 1/4 x 1/4 in. (5.7 x 0.7 cm)

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
Exhibition: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Object number: 2011.105.1

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place used: United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Ceremonial Object

Created by: Stout, Renée, American, born 1958

Date: 1990

Topic: African American; Africa; African diaspora; Art; Local and regional; Religion

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Larry and Evelyn Kamanitz

Medium: mixed media : horn , cloth , bone , husk , twine , pigment , latex paint , shell
Dimensions: 11 × 14 × 3 1/2 in. (27.9 × 35.6 × 8.9 cm)

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Classification: Visual Arts

Type: sculptures; mixed media

Object number: 2011.142

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place made: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Untitled

Photograph by: Williams, Milton, American, born 1940
Subject of: Haley, Alex, American, 1921 - 1992; Cardozo Senior High School, American, founded 1928

Date: September 13, 1977

Topic: African American; Literature; Local and regional; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Milton Williams Archives

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, mounting board
Dimensions: H x W (Image and Sheet): 10 13/16 x 13 13/16 in. (27.5 x 35.1 cm)

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Type: gelatin silver prints

Object number: 2011.15.10

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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