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  • Commemorative indigo resist textile with flowers and portrait of Barack Obama

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
    Date
    2009
    Medium
    cotton
    Dimensions
    H x W: 45 1/2 × 70 1/16 in. (115.5 × 178 cm)
    Description
    Length of commemorative printed textile by an unidentified printer and designer featuring flowers and a portrait Barack Obama. The fabric is dyed dark blue with resist design in white. The design has a portrait of Barack Obama alternating with a six-petaled flower in rows and columns.
    Place made
    Nyaniba Estates, Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Classification
    Textiles
    Type
    textiles
    portraits
    Topic
    Africa
    African diaspora
    Design
    Identity
    Politics
    Textile design
    U.S. History, 2001-
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Catherine E. McKinley
    Object number
    2017.16.14
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5448661fe-3a6f-4420-af26-19b9b5b705f3
  • Commemorative textile with portrait of Barack Obama on blue background

    Manufactured by
    Akosombo Textiles Limited, Ghanian, founded 1967
    Subject of
    President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
    Date
    2008
    Medium
    cotton
    Dimensions
    H x W: 45 1/16 × 72 13/16 in. (114.5 × 185 cm)
    Horizontal Repeat: 25 in. (63.5 cm)
    Description
    Length of commemorative printed textile by Akosombo Textiles Limited featuring a portrait of Barack Obama. The fabric has a blue ground with a printed small-scale geometric design in dark blue. There is a 4 1/2 inch wide border printed at both selvedges featuring a dark blue geometric design of interlocking links resembling a woven or braided cord. Printed in a repeating design over the background are old five-pointed stars outlined in black alternate with an oval gold and dark blue frame with a red interior background featuring a photographic portrait of Barack Obama. Below the portrait is a banner with the text "BARACK OBAMA / 44TH PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES". The design is printed in two rows so that the portrait and star alternate positions both vertically and horizontally. Printed along the bottom selvedge is the text "ATL [inside oval frame] AKOSOMBO TEXTILES LIMITED". Printed along the top selvedge is the text "GUARANTEED SUPERB PRINTS RSP 5653".
    Place made
    Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Place collected
    Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Classification
    Textiles
    Type
    textiles
    portraits
    Topic
    Africa
    African diaspora
    Design
    Identity
    Politics
    Textile design
    U.S. History, 2001-
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Catherine E. McKinley
    Object number
    2017.16.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52de0d5a2-7c5b-4870-8fba-c7e083dd739f
  • Commemorative textile in black with Obama campaign slogan Yes We Can

    Manufactured by
    Woodin, Ghanian, founded 1985
    Subject of
    President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
    Date
    2008
    Medium
    cotton
    Dimensions
    H x W: 47 5/8 × 71 5/8 in. (121 × 182 cm)
    Vertical Repeat: 24 in. (61 cm)
    Horizontal Repeat: 24 13/16 in. (63 cm)
    Description
    Length of commemorative printed textile by Woodin in black featuring Barack Obama campaign slogan "Yes We Can." The fabric has a background printed design of small black triangles arranged with their points away from each other, creating diamond with a white horizontal strip in the middle and white diamond shapes around the black triangles. The white diamonds have a pale lavender dot printed at the center. A black silhouette of the continent of Africa is printed repeatedly in a scattered design over the background. The silhouettes contain three (3) different motifs in white text, arranged to alternate on the silhouettes as placed on the fabric. One motif is the stylized "W" logo of the printer, Woodin, done in white in the left corner over West Africa. The second motif has a large white dot with the word "GHANA" to the right of the dot, placed along the Guinea coast corresponding to the geographic location of the country of Ghana. The third motif has the words of the Obama campaign slogan "yes / WE / CAN" printed across the continent. Manufacturer's information is printed along the bottom selvedge in repetition that reads "Noir et Blanc de woodin GHANA".
    Place made
    Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Classification
    Textiles
    Type
    textiles
    Topic
    Africa
    African diaspora
    Design
    Identity
    Politics
    Textile design
    U.S. History, 2001-
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Catherine E. McKinley
    Object number
    2017.16.11
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd539f6515e-e0b1-4149-9999-8f67635b3449
  • Commemorative textile in red with Obama campaign slogan Yes We Can

    Manufactured by
    Woodin, Ghanian, founded 1985
    Subject of
    President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
    Date
    2008
    Medium
    cotton
    Dimensions
    H x W: 47 5/8 × 71 5/8 in. (121 × 182 cm)
    Vertical Repeat: 24 in. (61 cm)
    Horizontal Repeat: 24 13/16 in. (63 cm)
    Description
    Length of commemorative printed textile by Woodin in red featuring Barack Obama campaign slogan "Yes We Can." The fabric has a background printed design of small red triangles arranged with their points away from each other, creating diamond with a white horizontal strip in the middle and white diamond shapes around the red triangles. The white diamonds have a bright blue dot printed at the center. A red silhouette of the continent of Africa is printed repeatedly in a scattered design over the background. The silhouettes contain three (3) different motifs in white text, arranged to alternate on the silhouettes placed on the fabric. One motif is the stylized "W" logo of the printer, Woodin, done in white in the left corner over West Africa. The second motif has a large white dot with the word "GHANA" to the right of the dot, placed along the West African coast corresponding to the geographic location of the country of Ghana. The third motif has the words of the Obama campaign slogan "yes / WE / CAN" printed across the continent. Manufacturer's information is printed along the bottom selvedge in repetition that reads "Noir et Blanc de woodin GHANA".
    Place made
    Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Classification
    Textiles
    Type
    textiles
    Topic
    Africa
    African diaspora
    Design
    Identity
    Politics
    Textile design
    U.S. History, 2001-
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Catherine E. McKinley
    Object number
    2017.16.9
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b0d39df8-4dcd-45f6-95f0-331d61d84e31
  • Textile with portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama and John and Naadu Mills

    Manufactured by
    GTP, Ghanian, founded 1966
    Subject of
    President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
    First Lady Michelle Obama, American, born 1964
    President Mills, John Evans Fiifi Atta, Ghanian, 1944 - 2012
    First Lady Mills, Ernestina Naadu, Ghanian
    Date
    2008
    Medium
    cotton
    Dimensions
    H x W: 47 13/16 × 72 1/16 in. (121.5 × 183 cm)
    Horizontal Repeat: 25 in. (63.5 cm)
    Description
    Length of commemorative printed textile by GTP (Ghana Textile Production) featuring portraits of President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Ghanian President John Mills, and Ghanian First Lady Naadu Mills. The fabric has a cream ground with an allover background design of a multi-colored lattice with a small five-pointed star where the lattice work crosses. A United States and Ghana flag with crossed poles are placed between the oval portraits of the political figures over the lattice work. The portraits are in four (4) rows, with the top and third rows having alternating portraits of the Obamas and the second and bottom rows having alternating portraits of the Mills. The portraits are also arranged so that a Michelle portrait is below a Barack portrait in the top row, and vice versa. The oval frames containing Obama portraits are double red lines with cream interiors and blue stars and text, and a blue banner around the bottom half outside the double lines. The oval frames containing Mills portraits are double red lines with yellow interiors and black stars and text, and a green banner around the bottom half outside the double lines. The text inside the double lines has the name of the person at the bottom center with three (3) five-pointed stars on each side. Text inside the banners underneath the frames contains the title of each figure: "PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"; "FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERA"; "PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA"; "FIRST LADY OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA". The portraits appear to be drawings from photographs printed in black onto the cream ground. Printed along the top and bottom is the same border with three (3) stripes in red, yellow, and green and a cream interior. Black five-pointed stars are printed on top of the lined borders. Inside the border are a United States and a Ghanian flag with crossed poles printed in a repeating design. Every other pair of flags has the text "JULY - 2009" printed inside a blue outlined banner under the flags. The manufacturer's logo "GTP" inside a black oval and the text "GHANA 2405" are printed along both selvedges in repetition.
    Place made
    Tema, Greater Accra, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Classification
    Textiles
    Type
    textiles
    portraits
    Topic
    Africa
    African diaspora
    Design
    Identity
    Politics
    Textile design
    U.S. History, 2001-
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Catherine E. McKinley
    Object number
    2017.16.12
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd531ad6235-f711-4da5-906d-abe7c9b5d76c
  • Blue and orange printed fabric with custom printed portraits of Barack Obama

    Manufactured by
    GTP, Ghanian, founded 1966
    Printed by
    Peters, Shani, American, born 1981
    Subject of
    Cousins, Aisha, American
    President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
    Date
    2011
    Medium
    cotton
    Dimensions
    H x W: 46 7/8 × 68 1/8 in. (119 × 173 cm)
    H x W (Vertical Repeat): 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
    H x W (Horizontal Repeat): 11 13/16 in. (30 cm)
    H x W (Printed Portrait): 10 1/2 × 7 11/16 in. (26.7 × 19.5 cm)
    Description
    Length of printed textile by GTP (Ghana Textiles Printing Company) customized with added printed graphic portraits of Barack Obama. The fabric has a large scale stylized floral design of the same flower printed in repeating columns. The flowers are wider at the middle with feathery blue petals surrounding a chartreuse and orange center and burgundy and white dots in the very middle. The flowers are placed in columns with the top sections nearly touching, but not quite. In the next column, the flowers are placed so that the wider middle sections are in the space created by the thinner top and bottom sections of the surrounding columns. There is a deep burgundy solid ground behind the flowers. An oval-framed portrait of Barack Obama is custom printed in black and white onto the manufactured printed fabric. Text inside the frame reads "BLACK PRESIDENT'S DAY FEBRUARY 21, 2011 / BARACK OBAMA 44TH PRESIDENT OF TEH U.S.A." The added prints are placed on the fabric in a scattered manner. Manufacturer's information is printed on both selvedges that reads in repetition "GTP GUARANTEED REAL WAX PRINTED IN GHANA 16785".
    Place printed
    Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Place made
    Tema, Greater Accra, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Classification
    Textiles
    Type
    textiles
    portraits
    Topic
    Africa
    African diaspora
    Design
    Identity
    Politics
    Textile design
    U.S. History, 2001-
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Catherine E. McKinley
    Object number
    2017.16.10
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5792cb0da-a560-4378-8c70-2af1f0a8d151
  • Commemorative indigo resist textile with portrait and name of Barack Obama

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
    Date
    2009
    Medium
    cotton
    Dimensions
    H x W: 45 11/16 × 67 5/16 in. (116 × 171 cm)
    Description
    Length of commemorative printed textile by an unidentified printer and designer featuring portrait and name of Barack Obama. The fabric is dyed dark blue with resist design in white. There are four (4) rows with the same design of the text "OBAMA" but with the "O" being a face portrait of Barack Obama. These rows are surrounded by geometric stylized chain borders, with five (5) border rows in all.
    Place made
    Nyaniba Estates, Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Classification
    Textiles
    Type
    textiles
    portraits
    Topic
    Africa
    African diaspora
    Design
    Identity
    Politics
    Textile design
    U.S. History, 2001-
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Catherine E. McKinley
    Object number
    2017.16.13
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ee85d1c4-4512-4b54-a2d7-076655c035dd
  • Landscape with Kwame N'krumah

    Created by
    Locke, Donald, Guyanese, 1930 - 2010
    Subject of
    Nkrumah, Kwame, Ghanaian, 1909 - 1972
    Date
    1992
    Medium
    acrylic paint on canvas with mixed media , burlap , paper (fiber product) , metal , wood , glass , leather and fur with silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (framed): 95 1/2 × 76 × 3 3/4 in. (242.6 × 193 × 9.5 cm)
    H x W (canvas ): 92 × 72 × 1 1/2 in. (233.7 × 182.9 × 3.8 cm)
    Description
    A contemporary artwork made of acrylic and collage on canvas. This artwork is comprised of three (3) canvases connected together to form a T-shape. Down the center of the artwork, across all three (3) canvases, is painted a large, vertical splash of black acrylic and tar mix, which partially or fully covers all of the elements of collage and mixed media. The attached elements include burlap, photocopied images on paper, metal, a plank of wood and two small wood doors, pieces of cut glass, leather and fur. Many of the photocopied images are of conflict or military themes, while others are images of sculptures and other artworks, and a cluster of images at the center-right of the artwork are of the Ghanaian former President Kwame Nkrumah. Underneath the areas painted with the black acrylic and tar mix, a wash of gray, blue, and brown acrylic paints swirl around the canvases in thick brushstrokes. Each of the three (3) canvases is predominantly bare along its left and right borders. The canvases are framed together in a shadow box style within a black, custom-built frame.
    Place depicted
    Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Classification
    Visual Arts
    Movement
    Pan Africanism
    Type
    collages
    paintings
    Topic
    Africa
    African diaspora
    Art
    Decolonization
    Freedom
    Identity
    Resistance
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Donald Locke
    Object number
    2014.113.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Estate of Donald Locke
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54e36d43e-ac54-4a04-b3c5-351f34c750cd
  • The Literary Corner: Vernon February’s Life and Works (side a) / Edward Brathwaite's Life and Works (side b)

    Created by
    Robinson, Brooks B. Ph.D., American
    Interview of
    Kunene, Daniel, PhD, South African, 1923 - 2016
    February, Vernon, South African, 1938 - 2002
    Brathwiate, Edward PhD, Barbadian, 1930 - 2020
    Subject of
    Eersel, Hein, Surinamese, born 1922
    Directed by
    Cham, Robert
    Date
    1978
    Medium
    plastic and tape
    Dimensions
    H x W (audiocassette): 2 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 5/8 in. (7 × 10.8 × 1.6 cm)
    Duration (side a): 00:15:07
    Duration (side b): 00:14:47
    Title
    Cassette tape with two episodes of the Literary Corner radio program
    Description
    A white plastic cassette tape with recordings of two episodes of the radio program The Literary Corner. The cassette has a beige label on which typewritten text on one side reads [THE LITERARY CORNER / Vernon February]. The typewritten text on the other side reads [THE LITERARY CORNER / Edward Braithwaite].
    Side A: “Vernon February’s Life and Works”
    Episode 20 of the Literary Corner radio program. It is a discussion of creole literature and Professor February’s works entitled “Vernon February’s Life and Works.” The episode begins with Professor February commenting on the role black writers should play in the world before host Brooks Robinson formally introduces February to the audience. Some of the topics covered in this episode include Professor February’s inspiration for researching creole literature; a comparison between Negritude (Francophone) writers and Surinamese writers; a discussion of the works of the Surinamese scholar Heim Eersel. Additionally, Professor February reads some of his own poetry and poetry by Hein Eersel; poems such as “They Shoot Children, Don’t They” and several others.
    Side B: “Edward Brathwaite’s Life and Works”
    Episode 21 of the Literary Corner radio program entitled “Edward Brathwaite’s Life and Works.” It begins with host Brooks Robinson introducing his guest Edward Brathwaite. Some of the subjects discussed in this episode are Brathwaite’s childhood and his Methodist upbringing; the impact of emigrating to England on his writing, such as his experience of racism; the impact of emigrating to Ghana on his writing, and the way African culture helped him appreciate the Caribbean; the relationship between Africa and the New World; cultural, linguistic and phenotypical similarities between Ghanaians and West Indians; the connection between his work in Jamaica and his previous work. Additionally, he reads two of the poems from his book Rites of Passage. The episode concludes with Brathwaite reciting his poem “Starvation” in a West Indian dialect as the outro music plays.
    Place made
    United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Netherlands, Europe
    Suriname, Caribbean, South America
    South Africa, Africa
    Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America
    Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Portfolio/Series
    The Literary Corner: Black Writers of the World
    Classification
    Media Arts-Audio Recordings
    Movement
    Anti-apartheid movements
    Type
    audiotapes
    Topic
    Radio
    Religion
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Contributed in memory of Professor Sarah Webster Fabio (1928-1979), poet, educator, Black Arts Movement icon, and one of the Literary Corner's analysts.
    Object number
    2010.17.1.11a
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Brooks B. Robinson
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ef13d1a9-c21d-4e02-a599-121cdd947045
  • Ghana Women Dancing

    Created by
    Biggers, John, American, 1924 - 2001
    Date
    1968
    On View
    Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052
    Exhibition
    Visual Art and the American Experience
    Medium
    oil and acrylic paint and chalk on canvas
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (frame): 43 1/8 × 37 1/16 × 1 9/16 in. (109.5 × 94.2 × 4 cm)
    H x W (unframed): 35 15/16 × 29 15/16 in. (91.3 × 76 cm)
    Description
    This is an oil painting of two dancing women. The women wear duku head ties, blouses, and floor-length skirts. The figure on the left has a skirt that wraps around her, with abstract color patterns in yellow and red tones. She wears a blue sleeveless blouse with a white pattern and an off-white head tie with yellow and red highlights. The woman stands with her body facing the viewer, head bent towards her left and bending forward from the waist. The woman next to her stands with her back to the viewer, wearing an off-white wrap skirt and blue short sleeve blouse with light blue pattern. She bends forward slightly from the waist, her left foot visible beneath her skirt. Behind them is a large green moon against a dark blue sky with white stars and constellations in the background.
    Place made
    Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
    Cultural Place
    Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Classification
    Visual Arts
    Type
    oil paintings
    Topic
    Africa
    African diaspora
    Art
    Dance
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gerald and Anita Smith
    Object number
    2012.162.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Estate of John Biggers. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5402828d5-3bfa-4436-be1b-396157c00fa9
  • Great Migration Home Movie Study Collection

    smithsonian online virtual archive
    Record
    Creator
    National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)
    name
    Church of God
    WHUT Howard University Television
    Mid-Atlantic Regional Moving Image Archive (MARMIA)
    Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of District of Columbia
    inclusive dates
    1940 - Ongoing
    1940 - Ongoing
    Physical description
    825 Digital files
    Abstract
    The Great Migration is a unique, ongoing digitization service program that partners the National Museum of African American History and Culture with individuals across the United States to preserve their important analog audiovisual media. While major motion picture film and television historically lacked diverse representation, black history was instinctively being preserved in everyday home movies. Today, these personal narratives serve as an invaluable tool for understanding and re-framing black moving image history, and provide a much needed visualization of African American history and culture.
    Preferred Citation
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Supported by the Robert Frederick Smith Fund of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
    Restrictions
    Collection is available online for open research.
    Scope and Contents
    The collection contains 825 digitized audiovisual media objects. However, as an ongoing project the scope of the collection will continue to increase over time. The scope will be updated as is appropriate.
    The content of the collection consists predominantly of amateur recordings created by families to document their lives. This includes major life events, such as birthdays, as well as family vacations and holidays. Additionally, the collection includes footage produced by professionals for broadcast on television. This particular footage entered the collection through partnerships with other memory institutions.
    Physical description
    825 Digital files
    Abstract
    The Great Migration is a unique, ongoing digitization service program that partners the National Museum of African American History and Culture with individuals across the United States to preserve their important analog audiovisual media. While major motion picture film and television historically lacked diverse representation, black history was instinctively being preserved in everyday home movies. Today, these personal narratives serve as an invaluable tool for understanding and re-framing black moving image history, and provide a much needed visualization of African American history and culture.
    Preferred Citation
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Supported by the Robert Frederick Smith Fund of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
    Restrictions
    Collection is available online for open research.
    Scope and Contents
    The collection contains 825 digitized audiovisual media objects. However, as an ongoing project the scope of the collection will continue to increase over time. The scope will be updated as is appropriate.
    The content of the collection consists predominantly of amateur recordings created by families to document their lives. This includes major life events, such as birthdays, as well as family vacations and holidays. Additionally, the collection includes footage produced by professionals for broadcast on television. This particular footage entered the collection through partnerships with other memory institutions.
    object type
    Archival materials
    topic
    Amateur films
    Families
    Travel
    Parties
    African Americans
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
  • Flyer advertising the inaugural dance of the African-Haitian Association

    Created by
    African-Haitian Association, African-Haitian, 1970s
    Date
    1975
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
    Description
    This flyer advertises a music concert and the inaugural dance of the African-Haitian Association. The flyer is white with black text and features photographs of each performer. The flyer reads [AFRICAN-HAITIAN ASSOCIATION / PRESENTS / their inaugural dance on easter / saturday march 29, 1975, 9 p.m. - 2.45 a.m. / MUSIC BY / LEO MENSAH & / E KOW BOTCHEY / KOBINA ADZENYAH / from GHANA / LES DIABLES DU RYTHE / THE IBO DANCERS / LEON DIMANCHE / TAKYI from AFRICA / show at 12 p.m.]. The back of the flyer is blank.
    Place used
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Cultural Place
    Africa
    Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
    Ghana, Africa"&op=Search">West Africa, Africa
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Movement
    Pan Africanism
    Type
    fliers (printed matter)
    Topic
    Activism
    Africa
    African diaspora
    Communities
    Dance
    Music
    U.S. History, 1969-2001
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.97.27.265
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5abb1a7b5-8753-4205-a395-f6d54072c6e3
  • Kay Tillow Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Tillow, Kay, American
    Interviewed by
    Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
    Subject of
    University of Illinois, American, founded 1867
    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
    Service Employees International Union, American, founded 1921
    Coalition of Labor Union Women, American, founded 1974
    Date
    August 14, 2013
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 01:12:48
    Description
    The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.99.1a, 2011.174.99.1b, 2011.174.99.1c, 2011.174.99.1d, and 2011.174.99.1e.
    Kay Tillow describes learning about the Civil Rights Movement as a student at the University of Illinois, where she got involved with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She remembers attending the trials of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) workers in Cairo, Illinois, and traveling to Ghana in 1962. When she returned to the United States in 1963 she participated in sit-ins in Atlanta, Georgia, and demonstrations in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She discusses her work with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1199, a hospital workers' union, and organizing victories in Pennsylvania. Tillow also discusses her role in the Coalition of Labor Union Women and her current work on health care reform.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0099
    Place collected
    Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
    Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Topic
    Activism
    Africa
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Civil rights
    Education
    Labor
    Medicine
    Social reform
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Women
    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
    2011.174.99.1a-e
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50a360d1d-2fd1-4b8e-b4da-489028a1659f
  • Scrapbook commemorating Nigerian independence compiled by Frances Albrier

    Created by
    Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987
    Subject of
    Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987
    Date
    1960
    Medium
    Album: cardboard, paper, string, pressure-sensitive tape;
    Clippings: ink on paper;
    Photographs: silver or dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    14 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 1 in. (36.8 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm)
    Caption
    This scrapbook was compiled in 1960 by Frances Albrier after returning from a trip to Africa to document the celebrations surrounding Nigerian independence. The scrapbook contains newspaper and magazine clippings as well as photographs and ephemera from her time in Senegal, Ghana, and Nigeria. Albrier attended the festivities as a representative of the California Voice, an African American newspaper based in Oakland, California.
    Description
    This scrapbook was compiled in 1960 by Frances Albrier after returning from a trip to Africa to document the celebrations surrounding Nigerian independence. The scrapbook contains newspaper and magazine clippings as well as photographs and ephemera from her time in Senegal, Ghana, and Nigeria. The scrapbook contains 24 used pages, numerous unused pages, and two loose objects.
    Transcription Center Status
    Transcribed by digital volunteers
    Place depicted
    Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
    Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Senegal, West Africa, Africa
    Place made
    Berkeley, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera
    Type
    scrapbooks
    Topic
    Africa
    Decolonization
    International affairs
    Mass media
    Travel
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
    Object number
    2010.60.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54ff4e7f6-c5fe-4738-832b-05922f449732
  • Contemporary manilla

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Date
    1800-1968
    On View
    Concourse 3, C3 053
    Exhibition
    Slavery and Freedom
    Medium
    bronze
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 2 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 11/16 in. (5.7 × 6 × 1.7 cm)
    Description
    Contemporary manilla, a form of currency that circulated in West Africa, in a semi-circular horseshoe shape, with slight flairs at ends. The manilla has white and green pigmentation from corrosion.
    Place used
    Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
    Collection title
    William & Mattye Reed Family Collection
    Classification
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    Coins and Currency
    Type
    money
    manillas
    Topic
    Africa
    Commerce
    Trans Atlantic slave trade
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Family of William & Mattye Reed
    Object number
    2014.182.58.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5850ec506-26d4-4e40-86f0-82c5ddaf205b
  • Contemporary manilla

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Date
    1800-1968
    On View
    Concourse 3, C3 053
    Exhibition
    Slavery and Freedom
    Medium
    bronze
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 11/16 in. (5.9 × 6 × 1.7 cm)
    Description
    Contemporary manilla, a form of currency that circulated in West Africa, in a semi-circular horseshoe shape, with slight flairs at ends. The manilla has green pigmentation from corrosion.
    Place used
    Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
    Collection title
    William & Mattye Reed Family Collection
    Classification
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    Coins and Currency
    Type
    money
    manillas
    Topic
    Africa
    Commerce
    Trans Atlantic slave trade
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Family of William & Mattye Reed
    Object number
    2014.182.58.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd559be3b4d-e9c9-4b10-b5fa-ec762f9e04c6
  • Academic robe worn by Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole at Bennett College

    Designed by
    Nicholson, Barbara, American
    Worn by
    Dr. Cole, Johnnetta Betsch, American, born 1936
    Subject of
    Bennett College, American, founded 1873
    Date
    2003
    On View
    Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
    Exhibition
    Cultural Expressions
    Medium
    synthetic fiber, cowrie shells, paint, metal zipper, tassels, and Velcro (TM)
    Dimensions
    H x W (flat): 56 1/2 × 39 1/2 in. (143.5 × 100.3 cm)
    Description
    An academic robe in blue and gold from Bennett College worn by Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole with custom designs by Barbara Nicholson. The robe is made from a blue synthetic fabric with the hem and the central front opening trimmed in a wide blue, gold, and black woven striped tape. There are three (3) stripes of a black, gold, and blue woven tape with a scrollwork design on each sleeve. Adinkra symbols are hand painted in gold at the center front neck, on each cuff, and four (4) around the bottom. Excerpts from poems by Maya Angelou are also hand painted in gold around the bottom of the robe. The robe closes at the center front with a metal zipper trimmed with a gold tassel at the top and bottom of the zipper. The cuffs close with blue Velcro. A cowrie shell is hand sewn at the upper seam of the proper left cuff above the gold painted symbol. Two (2) additional cowrie shells are hand sewn along the center back pleat of the robe. A blue twisted cord extends from the center back neck and loops around a blue plastic button to secure an academic hood to the robe.
    Place used
    Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
    Cultural Place
    Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Classification
    Clothing-Historical
    Type
    robes
    Topic
    African diaspora
    Clothing and dress
    Education
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Johnnetta Betsch Cole
    Object number
    2015.209.4
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd528d50130-4fe3-435f-bb64-1ae14c2e1914
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    Burl bowl

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Date
    1750-1850
    On View
    Concourse 3, C3 053
    Exhibition
    Slavery and Freedom
    Medium
    wood, metal
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 7 x 16 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. (17.8 x 42.9 x 42.9 cm)
    Description
    A large wooden bowl with an uneven shape and a rounded bottom. The lip is decorated with incised Adinkra symbols. Formed metal pieces were nailed over 2 separate cracks, acting as "patches." There is surface wear throughout, particularly on the bottom and around the lip.
    Place used
    Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
    Cultural Place
    Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Classification
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
    Type
    bowls (vessels)
    Topic
    Africa
    African diaspora
    American South
    Cooking and dining
    Domestic life
    Slavery
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.46.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56e364d29-8416-4975-be4e-21d72e9acbaa
  • Woodcarving of a slave trader with enslaved female figure

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Date
    19th century
    Medium
    wood, glass, thread, cloth, paint, wool (hair), and bast fiber
    Dimensions
    Woodcarving: 24 × 18 9/16 × 8 1/2 in. (61 × 47.2 × 21.6 cm)
    Description
    This object is a poly-chrome, three-dimensional, woodcarving depicting a male slave trader and a female slave standing on an elongated oval platform. Both figures are standing upright and facing the same direction with the male figure behind the female figure. The male figure is significantly larger than the female figure. He has short hair and is wearing a dark three-piece suit, belt with belt buckle, white collared shirt and a dark neck tie. There are two, small white objects in his left and right breast coat pockets. His proper right hand has a drilled hole through the fist. His proper left hand is slightly forward and he is holding a length of cord connected to the female figure. The cord ties her hands behind her back and wraps around her neck in a noose. The female figure is bald, wearing light colored earrings and is nude with the exception of a light colored breechcloth and four strings (two dark strings, two light strings) of glass beads around the waist. A piece of light cloth has been tied around the female figure’s upper torso.
    Place purchased
    Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Classification
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
    Type
    carvings
    Topic
    Africa
    Art
    Slavery
    Trans Atlantic slave trade
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.122.1ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58d171718-f39e-4725-9f60-d1444e5f6cc5
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    Letter opener for the Black Star Line

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Black Star Line, Ghanaian, 1957 - 1999
    Date
    ca. 1960
    Medium
    ebony
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 8 × 1 × 3/4 in. (20.3 × 2.5 × 1.9 cm)
    Description
    A letter opener carved from ebony wood with a depiction of Kwame Nkrumah at the figurehead terminal and a long, tapered blade with a warm patina. Imprinted into the proper right side of the blade are the words [SHIP WITH BLACK STAR LINE]. There are some nicks and other marks along the blade.
    Place made
    Ghana, West Africa, Africa
    Classification
    Tools and Equipment-Personal use
    Type
    letter openers
    Topic
    Africa
    Business
    Transportation
    Travel
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.63.59
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b055a08e-09df-4738-ad0a-6a941dcfb061

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