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Banner used by the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs

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

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

Type: banners

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

Date: ca. 1924

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

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

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

Object number: 2010.2.2a-d

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Handwritten speech by Harold Williams

Written by: Williams, Harold Louis, American, 1924 - 2015
Subject of: Williams, Paul R., American, 1894 - 1980; National Organization of Minority Architects, American, founded 1971; University of Southern California, founded 1880
Owned by: Williams, Harold Louis, American, 1924 - 2015

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 1/16 × 8 5/8 in. (28.1 × 21.9 cm)

Type: speeches

Date: 1973

Description: Handwritten notes for a speech from Harold Williams. The notes are written in black ink on yellow legal paper. There are five (5) pages with the reverse blank. The speech honoring Paul R. Williams begins [Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. On behalf of the Association of Minority Architects and Planners of Southern California, I welcome you to join with us in this testimony to a great man.] The speech discusses the goals of the organization and the establishment of the Paul R. Williams Minority Scholarship Fund at the University of Southern California.

Topic: African American; Architecture; Communities; Professional organizations; United States--Social life and customs

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, Gift of Betty Smith Williams in memory of Harold Louis Williams

Object number: TA2017.53.5.1.12.5

Restrictions & Rights: © Harold Louis Williams

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials; Archival Collections

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Statues Hardly Ever Smile

16mm motion picture film of Statues Hardly Ever Smile

Directed by: Lathan, Stan, American, born 1945
Produced by: Chamba Productions, founded 1971
Created by: Collins, Kathleen, American, 1942 - 1988
Produced by: Garrett, Kent, American, born 1941
Subject of: Brooklyn Museum, American, founded 1895
Owned by: Bowser, Pearl, American, born 1931

Medium: 16mm Film (a): acetate film;
Dimensions: Duration: 19 Minutes; Length (Film): 750 Feet

Type: motion pictures (information artifacts)

Place filmed: Brooklyn, New York City, Kings County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1971

Caption: 16mm color film directed by Stan Lathan and produced by Chamba Productions for the Brooklyn Museum about a program to bring children from the local community into the museum to create performance art. Includes footage of children interacting with objects in the museum and creating performances based upon their reaction.
Description: 16mm color film directed by Stan Lathan and produced by Chamba Productions about a program to bring children from the local community into the Brooklyn Museum to create performance art.; Consists of: 16mm Print (a).; 2012.79.1.63.1a: 16mm Print. The film begins with the camera panning around a room with many cases in the Brooklyn Museum. Children are heard in the voiceover narration describing the statues. The footage also includes close-ups of some of the statues. The next scene shows children and young adults following spoken directions to pretend they are holding various objects in their hands. The narrator describes how the children spent time in the rotunda of the museum for six weeks, and there is footage of the children participating in dance exercises in the rotunda. The narrator describes the idea for the project to bring children together with an object and create a performance around that. The next scene shows an object and children touching the face of another object. Some other children are shown in front of a different museum object and holding the same pose as that object. Children in the voiceover narration describe thinking about the objects and questioning what the people depicted in the objects are doing. As the narrator describes, the children participated in improvisation based on the space and the objects around them. The footage includes a group of students discussing how to put on an improvisation based on an object. The next scene shows the students performing the improvisation in the rotunda that they created. One of the boys reflects on how he did the improvisation. In the next scene, the students perform a dance while a man plays a drum. The next scene shows a man playing the piano and singing and the children sing along with him. The music accompanies a montage of the students doing various activities shown in the film. The final scene shows the students leaving the museum, a bus traveling a city street, one of the students exiting the bus and greeting some friends as the credits appear. The film ends with children playing in a circle on a playground.

Topic: African American; Art; Children; Communities; Dance; Education; Instrumentalists (Musicians); Museums; Singers (Musicians); Theatre; Urban life

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

Object number: 2012.79.1.63.1a

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title: Pearl Bowser Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Statues Hardly Ever Smile

16mm motion picture film of Statues Hardly Ever Smile

Directed by: Lathan, Stan, American, born 1945
Produced by: Chamba Productions, founded 1971
Edited by: Collins, Kathleen, American, 1942 - 1988
Produced by: Garrett, Kent, American, born 1941
Subject of: Brooklyn Museum, American, founded 1895
Owned by: Bowser, Pearl, American, born 1931

Medium: 16mm Film (a): acetate film;
Dimensions: Duration: 19 Minutes; Length (Film): 750 Feet

Type: motion pictures (information artifacts)

Place filmed: Brooklyn, New York City, Kings County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1971

Caption: 16mm color film directed by Stan Lathan and produced by Chamba Productions for the Brooklyn Museum about a program to bring children from the local community into the museum to create performance art. Includes footage of children interacting with objects in the museum and creating performances based upon their reaction.
Description: 16mm color film directed by Stan Lathan and produced by Chamba Productions about a program to bring children from the local community into the Brooklyn Museum to create performance art.; Consists of: 16mm Print (a).; 2012.79.1.63.2a: 16mm Print. The film begins with the camera panning around a room with many cases in the Brooklyn Museum. Children are heard in the voiceover narration describing the statues. The footage also includes close-ups of some of the statues. The next scene shows children and young adults following spoken directions to pretend they are holding various objects in their hands. The narrator describes how the children spent time in the rotunda of the museum for six weeks, and there is footage of the children participating in dance exercises in the rotunda. The narrator describes the idea for the project to bring children together with an object and create a performance around that. The next scene shows an object and children touching the face of another object. Some other children are shown in front of a different museum object and holding the same pose as that object. Children in the voiceover narration describe thinking about the objects and questioning what the people depicted in the objects are doing. As the narrator describes, the children participated in improvisation based on the space and the objects around them. The footage includes a group of students discussing how to put on an improvisation based on an object. The next scene shows the students performing the improvisation in the rotunda that they created. One of the boys reflects on how he did the improvisation. In the next scene, the students perform a dance while a man plays a drum. The next scene shows a man playing the piano and singing and the children sing along with him. The music accompanies a montage of the students doing various activities shown in the film. The final scene shows the students leaving the museum, a bus traveling a city street, one of the students exiting the bus and greeting some friends as the credits appear. The film ends with children playing in a circle on a playground.

Topic: African American; Art; Children; Communities; Dance; Education; Instrumentalists (Musicians); Museums; Singers (Musicians); Theatre; Urban life

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

Object number: 2012.79.1.63.2a

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title: Pearl Bowser Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Statues Hardly Ever Smile

16mm motion picture film of Statues Hardly Ever Smile

Owned by: Bowser, Pearl, American, born 1931
Produced by: Chamba Productions, founded 1971
Edited by: Collins, Kathleen, American, 1942 - 1988
Directed by: Lathan, Stan, American, born 1945
Produced by: Garrett, Kent, American, born 1941
Subject of: Brooklyn Museum, American, founded 1895

Medium: 16mm Film (a): acetate film;
Dimensions: Duration: 19 Minutes; Length (Film): 720 Feet

Type: motion pictures (information artifacts)

Place filmed: Brooklyn, New York City, Kings County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1971

Caption: 16mm color film directed by Stan Lathan and produced by Chamba Productions for the Brooklyn Museum about a program to bring children from the local community into the museum to create performance art. Includes footage of children interacting with objects in the museum and creating performances based upon their reaction.
Description: 16mm color film directed by Stan Lathan and produced by Chamba Productions about a program to bring children from the local community into the Brooklyn Museum to create performance art.; Consists of: 16mm Print (a).; 2012.79.1.63.3a: 16mm Print. The film begins with the camera panning around a room with many cases in the Brooklyn Museum. Children are heard in the voiceover narration describing the statues. The footage also includes close-ups of some of the statues. The next scene shows children and young adults following spoken directions to pretend they are holding various objects in their hands. The narrator describes how the children spent time in the rotunda of the museum for six weeks, and there is footage of the children participating in dance exercises in the rotunda. The narrator describes the idea for the project to bring children together with an object and create a performance around that. The next scene shows an object and children touching the face of another object. Some other children are shown in front of a different museum object and holding the same pose as that object. Children in the voiceover narration describe thinking about the objects and questioning what the people depicted in the objects are doing. As the narrator describes, the children participated in improvisation based on the space and the objects around them. The footage includes a group of students discussing how to put on an improvisation based on an object. The next scene shows the students performing the improvisation in the rotunda that they created. One of the boys reflects on how he did the improvisation. In the next scene, the students perform a dance while a man plays a drum. The next scene shows a man playing the piano and singing and the children sing along with him. The music accompanies a montage of the students doing various activities shown in the film. The final scene shows the students leaving the museum, a bus traveling a city street, one of the students exiting the bus and greeting some friends as the credits appear. The film ends with children playing in a circle on a playground.

Topic: African American; Art; Children; Communities; Dance; Education; Instrumentalists (Musicians); Museums; Singers (Musicians); Theatre; Urban life

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

Object number: 2012.79.1.63.3a

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title: Pearl Bowser Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Statues Hardly Ever Smile

16mm motion picture film of Statues Hardly Ever Smile

Directed by: Lathan, Stan, American, born 1945
Produced by: Chamba Productions, founded 1971
Edited by: Collins, Kathleen, American, 1942 - 1988
Produced by: Garrett, Kent, American, born 1941
Subject of: Brooklyn Museum, American, founded 1895
Owned by: Bowser, Pearl, American, born 1931

Medium: 16mm Film (a): acetate film
Dimensions: Duration: 19 Minutes; Length (Film): 720 Feet

Type: motion pictures (information artifacts)

Place filmed: Brooklyn, New York City, Kings County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1971

Caption: 16mm color film directed by Stan Lathan and produced by Chamba Productions for the Brooklyn Museum about a program to bring children from the local community into the museum to create performance art. Includes footage of children interacting with objects in the museum and creating performances based upon their reaction.
Description: 16mm color film directed by Stan Lathan and produced by Chamba Productions about a program to bring children from the local community into the Brooklyn Museum to create performance art.; Consists of: 16mm Print (a).; 2012.79.1.63.4a: 16mm Print. The film begins with the camera panning around a room with many cases in the Brooklyn Museum. Children are heard in the voiceover narration describing the statues. The footage also includes close-ups of some of the statues. The next scene shows children and young adults following spoken directions to pretend they are holding various objects in their hands. The narrator describes how the children spent time in the rotunda of the museum for six weeks, and there is footage of the children participating in dance exercises in the rotunda. The narrator describes the idea for the project to bring children together with an object and create a performance around that. The next scene shows an object and children touching the face of another object. Some other children are shown in front of a different museum object and holding the same pose as that object. Children in the voiceover narration describe thinking about the objects and questioning what the people depicted in the objects are doing. As the narrator describes, the children participated in improvisation based on the space and the objects around them. The footage includes a group of students discussing how to put on an improvisation based on an object. The next scene shows the students performing the improvisation in the rotunda that they created. One of the boys reflects on how he did the improvisation. In the next scene, the students perform a dance while a man plays a drum. The next scene shows a man playing the piano and singing and the children sing along with him. The music accompanies a montage of the students doing various activities shown in the film. The final scene shows the students leaving the museum, a bus traveling a city street, one of the students exiting the bus and greeting some friends as the credits appear. The film ends with children playing in a circle on a playground.

Topic: African American; Art; Children; Communities; Dance; Education; Instrumentalists (Musicians); Museums; Singers (Musicians); Theatre; Urban life

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

Object number: 2012.79.1.63.4a

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title: Pearl Bowser Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photographic print of Mary Elizabeth and William Lewis holding Easter baskets

Photograph by: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
Subject of: Mary Elizabeth; William Lewis

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 16 1/16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.8 × 50.5 cm); H x W (Image): 13 × 15 7/16 in. (33 × 39.2 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Hill District, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1940 - 1945

Description: A black and white photograph of two children identified as Mary Elizabeth and William Lewis with Easter Sunday baskets. Mary Elizabeth is wearing skirt, dress top, and jacket ensemble with a straw hat while William Lewis wears a darker, houndstooth patterned coat and cap. They are holding hands and are looking into the camera as they stand on the sidewalk. There is an imprint of a palm tree in the bottom left corner of the border on the front of the photograph. The back of the photograph has an inscription, by hand, of the number: [1037.01] and a photographer's stamp.

Topic: African American; Children; Communities; Photography; United States--Social life and customs

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris

Object number: 2014.302.20

Restrictions & Rights: © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Moses Basket with Handle

Created by: Jackson, Mary A., American, born 1945

Medium: sweetgrass, bulrush, palmetto fronds
Dimensions: H x W x D: 23 1/4 × 18 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (59 × 47 × 47 cm)

Type: baskets

Place made: Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date: 2001

Description: A sweetgrass basket made by Mary A. Jackson. The large, oval shaped Moses style basket has curved edges and is shaped like a bassinet. Extending from the rim is a large central handle. The body of the basket is made from darker colored bulrush, contrasting with the lighter colored palmetto wrappings in a symmetrical pattern. The rim and handle are made from lighter colored sweetgrass.

Topic: African American; American South; Art; Communities; Craftsmanship; Domestic life; Folklife

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Juliette Bethea in memory of Flora Wilson Bethea

Object number: 2017.82.4

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Visual Arts; Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photographic print of Annual Elks parade in Pittsburgh

Photograph by: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
Subject of: Parker, Voyle, American; Robinson, James; Elder Beck, Charles, American, 1900 - 1972

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Wylie Avenue, Hill District, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date: August 31, 1943

Description: A black and white photograph of the annual Elks parade procession on the second hill of Wylie Avenue in Pittsburgh's Hill District. Representatives of the Masons, the Shriners, police, fire, and military officials lead the procession, including Voyle Parker (fourth from the left), Lt. James Robinson (sixth from the left), and Elder Beck. A mass of people line the thoroughfare to watch the parade. The back of the photograph is blank.

Topic: African American; Communities; Freemasonry; Photography; Societies; United States--Social life and customs; Urban life

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris

Object number: 2014.302.39

Restrictions & Rights: © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Banner with motto of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs

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

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

Type: banners

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

Date: ca. 1924

Description: A purple silk banner with gold fringe and the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs' motto, "LIFTING / AS / WE CLIMB" painted in large gold letters. The banner was used by the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. T Above the words is a painted design of three interlocking triangles, the center of which is filled with the two on either side in outline. The bottom of the banner is scalloped and has an attached length of fringe. The top of the banner has a sewn loop running its length for a rod (2010.2.1b) to be inserted. There is a strip of gold fringe sewn just below this loop. The rod is currently stored in place in the banner. It is painted gold at the ends and has a dowel inserted at the end of the proper left side with a hole for a dowel on the proper right side.

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

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

Object number: 2010.2.1abc

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Five Plays by Ed Bullins

Written by: Bullins, Ed, American, born 1935
Published by: Bobbs-Merrill Company, American, founded 1850
Illustrated by: Ratzkin, Lawrence, American, 1931 - 2011
Photograph by: The New York Times, American, founded 1851

Medium: ink on paper with cloth, cardboard and pressure-sensitive tape
Dimensions: H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 5 13/16 × 1 3/16 in. (21.6 × 14.8 × 3 cm)

Type: hardcover books

Date: 1969

Description: A first edition, hardcover book with dust jacket, Five Plays by Ed Bullins. The dust jacket features a full-page black-and-white photograph of Ed Bullins in front of the New Lafayette Theater. Bullins is seen from the waist up, facing the camera, wearing a black long sleeve shirt, unbuttoned at the neck. He is also wearing a thick, chain with large pendant around his neck. Behind his proper left shoulder is the sign for the theater with a black and white stylized face above black text that reads [THE NeW / LaFaYeTTE / THEaTRe]. Behind his proper right shoulder is a pair of glass doors. The lower half of the cover features the book title in red stylized text written over Bullin's shirt, [FIVE PLAYS / BY ED / BULLINS]. Along the bottom edge of the front cover in white text is [WINNER OF THE 1968 VERNON RICE AWARD]. The spine of the dust jacket is white with black, narrow, text [FIVE PLAYS BY ED BULLINS / BOBBS-MERRILL]. The back cover of the dust jacket is white with black text that features two Bullins’ play reviews by Library Journal and Publisher’s Weekly. The interior front and back flaps of the dust jacket feature a review of Bullins’ plays and short biography written by Black Theatre. The book has a black cloth binding. The exterior spine of the book is embossed with metallic red text that spans the entire length of the spine, [FIVE PLAYS BY ED BULLINS / BOBBS-MERRILL]. Both the front and back covers of the book are blank. The book features five plays include Goin’ a Buffalo; In the Wine Time; A Son, Come Home; The Electronic Nigger; Clara’s Ole Man. The title pages for each play are preceded by a black-and-white image from a live performance of that play. The book is two hundred and eighty-two (282) pages long. There are inscriptions in ink and pencil on the front free endpaper.

Topic: African American; Communities; Drama (Theatre); Families; Literature; Race relations; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick

Object number: 2015.64.5

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Exhibition: Taking the Stage
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Name tag of Cleo Wooten from the Grand Master's Conference of Prince Hall Masons

Manufactured by: George Lauterer Corporation, American, founded 1881
Owned by: Wooten, Cleo W., American

Medium: ink on paper, plastic, metal
Dimensions: 2 1/16 × 3 × 1/4 in. (5.2 × 7.6 × 0.6 cm)

Type: badges

Place collected: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Place made: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Date: December 19, 1953

Description: A rectangular name tag belonging to Cleo W. Wooten from the Grand Master's Conference of Prince Hall Masons, 1953. The tag is composed of a piece of paper inserted into a clear plastic housing with metal pin back. The front of the tag has pre-printed text in blue ink and handwritten text in black ink. Manufacturer's information is printed in black ink on the back of the tag.

Topic: African American; Communities; Freemasonry

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts

Object number: 2013.71.8

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Film poster for Do the Right Thing

Distributed by: Universal Pictures, founded 1912
Designed by: Sims, Art, American, born 1954
Subject of: Spike Lee, American, born 1957; Danny Aiello, born 1933

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 41 x 27 in. (104.1 x 68.6 cm)

Type: posters

Place depicted: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, Kings County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1989

Description: A poster from the 1989 Spike Lee film, “Do the Right Thing” featuring color images of Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, and a young unidentified girl as seen from above. The title appears as the girl's chalk drawing in yellow text with a bright blue background as a street. To the right of the title is the text [Bed-Stuy] and at the bottom right is a childlike drawing of a figure shooting a gun and a police car. Below the title is the text “A Spike Lee Joint.” At the top of the poster is a tag line printed in yellow type: [It’s the hottest day of the summer./You can do nothing,/You can do something,/or you can…]

Topic: African American; Actors; Communities; Film; Race relations

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dow B. Ellis

Object number: 2012.152.862

Restrictions & Rights: © 1989 Universal City Studios. Permission required for use.

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Exhibition: Taking the Stage
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph of South Central Los Angeles Center designed by Harold Williams

Photograph by: Unidentified
Designed by: Williams, Harold Louis, American, 1924 - 2015
Owned by: Williams, Harold Louis, American, 1924 - 2015

Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Type: chromogenic color prints

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

Date: ca. 1976

Description: A color photograph of the South Central LA multi-service center. The building is in the center of the image. The front has large central windows and a sloped roof. Above the entrance, there is a sign for [SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES / MULTISERVICE & CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER]. A few groups of individuals are standing on the sidewalk in front of the building. One side of the building is visible behind a chain link fence on the right side. The photograph has a repeating back print.

Topic: African American; Architecture; Communities; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, Gift of Betty Smith Williams in memory of Harold Louis Williams

Object number: TA2017.53.4.1.16.1

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography; Archival Collections

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photographic print of Jackie Robinson and Harry Owens

Photograph by: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
Subject of: Robinson, Jackie, American, 1919 - 1972; Owens, Harry; Irene Kaufmann Settlement House, 1911 - 1960

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 8 5/8 × 6 1/2 in. (21.9 × 16.5 cm); H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Hill District, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1954

Description: A black and white photograph depicting Jackie Robinson receiving a lifetime membership from a young man named Harry Owens at the Irene Kaufmann Settlement House. Both Robinson and Owens wear suits. A microphone stand is positioned in front of Robinson and Owens. Behind Robinson and the young man is a group of musicians and other young men who smile as they watch the exchange. The back of the photograph has two barcode stickers and a yellow circle sticker.

Topic: African American; Activism; Athletes; Baseball; Communities; Photography; Youth

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris

Object number: 2014.302.36

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

North Sixtieth Street Association membership certificate issued to Mae Reeves

Issued by: North Sixtieth Street Residents' and Merchants' Association, American
Received by: Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
Subject of: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994

Medium: ink on paper.
Dimensions: H x W: 7 3/16 x 9 11/16 in. (18.3 x 24.6 cm)

Type: certificates

Place collected: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1987

Description: A certificate of membership for the North Sixtieth Street Residents' and Merchants' Association, dated April 1st, 1987. The certificate is black ink printed on light blue paper, with both preprinted text and typewritten text. It is signed by Robert H. Coleman, president, and Maggie Carter, secretary. The reverse is blank.

Topic: African American; Business; Communities; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.

Object number: 2010.6.211

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title: Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Poster for the Young Lords Breakfast Program

Created by: Young Lords Party, American, founded 1966
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Child or Children

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 22 1/8 × 17 1/8 in. (56.2 × 43.5 cm)

Type: posters

Place depicted: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: c. 1970

Description: A white poster with large, black and white photograph in the upper half. The photograph shows children sitting at tables with food and drinks. Adults wearing hats and black berets stand near and behind the tables. Below the photograph, in the lower half of the poster is black text that reads: [SUPPORT FREE BREAKFAST FOR OUR CHILDREN / YOUNG LORDS FEED HOT MEALS/ TO NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN EVERY DAY / we would like to feed more children / DONATIONS OF FOOD & MONEY ARE NEEDED/Young Lords Organization / 75 Park Ave., Newark 482-8313]. The back of the poster is blank.

Topic: African American; Activism; Children; Communities; Cooking and dining; Political organizations; Politics (Practical); Poverty; Social reform; United States--History--1969-2001

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

Object number: 2014.109.7.1

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Radio owned by Herman and Minnie Roundtree

Manufactured by: Philco, American, founded 1892
Owned by: Roundtree, Herman L., American, 1892 - 1964; Roundtree, Minnie, American, 1896 - 1953

Medium: wood, metal, glass, cloth, wire, plastic
Dimensions: H x W x D: 12 × 20 × 12 1/2 in. (30.5 × 50.8 × 31.8 cm)

Type: radio

Place used: Lyles Station, Gibson County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1948

Caption: This radio belonged to Herman and Minnie Roundtree. Minnie Jones Roundtree loved to play baseball with the boys when she was growing up. Herman bought her the radio so she could keep up with her favorite team, the St. Louis Cardinals.
Description: A Philco model 48-482 tabletop radio owned by Herman and Minnie Roundtree. The radio is made of stained wood with a white with red dashed grille cloth. Below the grille cloth is the radio tuning dial with short wave, FM and AM frequencies. Two plastic knobs are on either side of the dial. Ten plastic pushbuttons are below the dial. The back of the radio is open. Inside the radio are vacuum tubes, fuses, wire, an electrical cord and other radio components.

Topic: African American; Baseball; Communication; Communities; Domestic life; Families; Radio; Rural life

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Lyles Station Historic Preservation Corporation

Object number: 2012.155.9

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Tools and Equipment-Audiovisual
Exhibition: Power of Place
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Couple on Beach, Coney Island

Photograph by: Lapow, Harry, American, 1909 - 1982
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 10 5/8 × 13 9/16 in. (27 × 34.4 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1966

Description: This gelatin silver print depicts a closely-framed portrait of a couple sitting on a bench on the boardwalk overlooking Coney Island Beach. The man wears a dark overcoat and reaches his arm around the shoulders of the woman next to him who wears a white coat. They are both turned slightly towards each other, facing one another. The bottom quarter of the image reveals the planks of the pier and the feet of the seated couple; the horizon line of the photograph falls at approximately shoulder height of the couple but is mostly obscured by the couple themselves.

Topic: African American; Communities; Photography; Recreation; United States--History--1961-1969; United States--Social life and customs

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

Object number: 2014.166.4

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Vyse Ave at East 178th St, Bronx, N.Y, June 1980

Photograph by: Vergara, Camilo José, Chilean American, born 1944
Printed by: Brooklyn Print Works / Green Rhino Inc.
Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children; Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 11 7/16 × 17 13/16 in. (29.1 × 45.3 cm); H x W (Sheet): 15 3/4 × 19 11/16 in. (40 × 50 cm)

Type: inkjet prints

Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: June 1980

Description: A color photograph of Vyse Avenue at 178th Street in the Bronx, New York. The photograph features a brick apartment building. The front entry way to the building has a decorative railing and several stairs leading up to a wide doorway. An unidentified person walks on the street. Several people are sitting and standing on the steps leading up to the apartment building. The back of the photograph has a caption and copyright information.

Topic: African American; Communities; Housing; Photography; Urban life

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

Object number: 2015.208.2.1

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Portfolio/Series: Tracking Time: South Bronx, Vyse Avenue
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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