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Scrapbook featuring Frances Albrier's work on the Citizenship Education Project

Created by: Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987
Subject of: Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987

Medium: Album: cardboard, paper, string, pressure-sensitive tape; Clippings: ink on paper; Photographs: silver or dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: 14 x 12 1/4 x 1 in. (35.6 x 31.1 x 2.5 cm)

Type: scrapbooks

Place depicted: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1956-1957

Caption: This scrapbook 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.
Description: A scrapbook containing clippings and photographs related to Frances Albrier's work on the National Council of Negro Women and the Citizenship Education Project, in San Francisco, California in 1956 and 1957. The scrapbook consists of 47 pages, with notes and inscriptions appearing throughout. The scrapbook was compiled by Frances Albrier herself.
Transcription Center Status: Transcribed by digital volunteers

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

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

Object number: 2010.60.1

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Classification: 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

The Crisis Vol. 11 No. 3

Published by: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
Edited by: W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963
Subject of: Roseland, Harry, American, 1867 - 1950

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 6 13/16 x 1/8 in. (25.1 x 17.3 x 0.3 cm)

Type: magazines (periodicals)

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

Date: January 1916

Description: The January 1916 (Vol. 11 No. 3) issue of The Crisis. The front cover features a reproduction of the 1904 painting, "To the Highest Bidder" by Harry Roseland. The black-and-white reproduction depicts a mother and daughter standing in front of a sign that reads, "Auction Sale of Slaves". There are approximately 52 pages.

Topic: African American; Literature; Mass media; Politics (Practical); Race relations

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bobbie Ross in memory of Elizabeth Dillard

Object number: 2012.84.12

Restrictions & Rights: Public Domain

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Liberator Vol. 8 No. 3

Published by: Liberator Magazine, 1961-1971, American, 1961 - 1971
Subject of: Al-Amin, Jamil Abdullah, American, born 1943
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: paper, ink, metal
Dimensions: H x W: 11 × 8 7/16 × 1/16 in. (27.9 × 21.4 × 0.2 cm)

Type: magazines (periodicals)

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

Date: 1968

Description: Liberator magazine featuring a black and white photograph of H. Rap Brown on the left side of the cover. Brown is seen seated at a table looking down at the papers resting on the table. Brown's PR arm is resting on the table top with his hand near his face. Brown wears a jean jacket, black shirt and dark, thick-rimmed glasses. On the table in front of Brown are papers, a folder, a small pitcher of water, and a microphone. Behind Brown is a patterned curtain with stylized foliage. The whole cover is black and at the top, left justified, in white and underlined is the publication title [LIBERATOR]. Withine the underline in black text are the volume and number, date, and price of the publication [Vol 8 No 3 MARCH 1968 35¢]. Below the title, but above the image of H. Rap Brown, in white text is the title of a featured article [The Program/Editorial]. On the right side of the cover, below the title, are three feature article titles, all in white text [The/Final Confrontation/James Boggs/H. Rap Brown/Didn't Run/Heart Transplants:/South African Style].

Topic: African American; International affairs; Mass media; Politics (Practical)

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

Object number: 2013.201.20

Restrictions & Rights: © 1969 The Afro-American Research Institute, Inc. Permission required for use.

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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

Black Panther demonstration, Alameda Co. Court House, Oakland, California, during Huey Newton's trial, #71

Photograph by: Jones, Pirkle, American, 1914 - 2009
Printed by: Palm Press, American, founded 1977
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Unidentified Man or Men

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with mat board
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 14 × 14 in. (35.6 × 35.6 cm); H x W (Sheet): 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.5 × 40.3 cm); H x W (Mat): 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 30, 1968, printed 2011

Description: A black-and-white image of three African American men wearing leather jackets and berets and carrying Free Huey banners on the court house steps.

Topic: African American; Photography; Politics (Practical); Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

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

Object number: 2012.149.1

Restrictions & Rights: © 2011 Pirkle Jones Foundation

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Portfolio/Series: A Photo Essay on The Black Panthers, 1968
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Serving Barbecue at the Free Huey Rally, De Fremery Park, Oakland, California, #34

Photograph by: Baruch, Ruth-Marion, German American, 1922 - 1997
Printed by: Palm Press, American, founded 1977
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with mat board
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm); H x W (Mat): 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 14, 1968, printed 2012

Description: A black-and-white image of three African American women gathered around a table of food, with plates in hand.

Topic: African American; Photography; Politics (Practical); Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

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

Object number: 2012.149.5

Restrictions & Rights: ©2011 Pirkle Jones Foundation

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Portfolio/Series: A Photo Essay on The Black Panthers, 1968
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Portrait of Captain David Hilliard, Chief of Staff of the Black Panther Party, at Bobby Hutton Memorial Park, Oakland, California, No. 152

Photograph by: Jones, Pirkle, American, 1914 - 2009
Printed by: Palm Press, American, founded 1977
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Hilliard, David, American, born 1942

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with mat board
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm); H x W (Mat): 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: September 22, 1968, printed 2012

Description: A black-and-white image of a man, David Hilliard, surrounded by his wife, three sons and a daughter

Topic: African American; Photography; Politics (Practical); Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

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

Object number: 2012.149.6

Restrictions & Rights: © 2011 Pirkle Jones Foundation

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Portfolio/Series: A Photo Essay on The Black Panthers, 1968
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Couple listening at Free Huey Rally, De Fremery Park, Oakland, CA, No. 15

Photograph by: Jones, Pirkle, American, 1914 - 2009
Printed by: Palm Press, American, founded 1977
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Unidentified Woman or Women; Unidentified Man or Men

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with mat board
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm); H x W (Mat): 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: August 25, 1968; printed 2012

Description: A black-and-white image of a young African American couple. The woman wears a striped shirt and pearl earrings and the man wears a [Free Black Panther Prisoners] button on his jacket lapel. A white man operates a camera just behind them.

Topic: African American; Photography; Politics (Practical); Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Pirkle Jones Foundation

Object number: 2012.83.2

Restrictions & Rights: ©2011 Pirkle Jones Foundation

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Portfolio/Series: A Photo Essay on the Black Panthers, 1968
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Black Panther couple listening, Free Huey Rally, De Fremery Park, Oakland, CA, No. 20

Photograph by: Jones, Pirkle, American, 1914 - 2009
Printed by: Palm Press, American, founded 1977
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with mat board
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 17 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. (45.5 x 30.2 cm); H x W (Mat): 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 14, 1968; printed 2010

Description: A black-and-white image of young African American couple standing in a crowd. Man wears a leather jacket and beret with four buttons. Woman wears a Black Panther shirt.

Topic: African American; Photography; Politics (Practical); Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

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

Object number: 2012.83.3

Restrictions & Rights: © 2011 Pirkle Jones Foundation

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Portfolio/Series: A Photo Essay on the Black Panthers, 1968
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Black Panther guards at Free Huey Rally, Bobby Hutton Memorial Park, Oakland, CA, No. 21

Photograph by: Baruch, Ruth-Marion, German American, 1922 - 1997
Printed by: Palm Press, American, founded 1977
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Unidentified Man or Men

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with mat board
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 11 7/8 x 17 1/2 in. (30.2 x 44.5 cm); H x W (Mat): 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: August 25, 1968; printed 2010

Description: A black-and-white image of two young, African American male Black Panther guards, in berets and leather jackets. One man faces ahead, while the other looks over his shoulder.

Topic: African American; Photography; Politics (Practical); Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Pirkle Jones Foundation

Object number: 2012.83.4

Restrictions & Rights: ©2011 Pirkle Jones Foundation

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Portfolio/Series: A Photo Essay on the Black Panthers, 1968
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Children cutting bread which was brought to the Free Huey Rally by the Diggers, De Fremery Park, Oakland, CA, No. 35

Photograph by: Baruch, Ruth-Marion, German American, 1922 - 1997
Printed by: Palm Press, American, founded 1977
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Unidentified Child or Children

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with mat board
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm); H x W (Mat): 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 28, 1968; printed 2012

Description: A black-and-white image of five young African American boys sitting on the grass cutting loaves of bread.

Topic: African American; Photography; Politics (Practical); Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Pirkle Jones Foundation

Object number: 2012.83.5

Restrictions & Rights: ©2011 Pirkle Jones Foundation

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Portfolio/Series: A Photo Essay on the Black Panthers, 1968
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Black Panthers from Sacramento, Free Huey Rally, Bobby Hutton Memorial Park, Oakland, CA, No. 62

Photograph by: Jones, Pirkle, American, 1914 - 2009
Printed by: Palm Press, American, founded 1977
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Carlton, Mary Ann, American, born 1951; Henderson, Delores, American; Lee, Joyce, American; Means, Joyce, American; Hill, Paula, American

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with mat board
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 11 7/8 × 17 7/8 in. (30.2 × 45.4 cm); H x W (Sheet): 16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm); H x W (Mat): 22 × 28 1/8 in. (55.9 × 71.4 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: August 25, 1968; printed 2010

Description: A black and white photograph of six African American women at a Black Panther rally. The women are pictured with their left fists raised in the air. The women pictured are, from left to right, unidentified, Mary Ann Carlton, Delores Henderson, Joyce Lee, Joyce Means, and Paula Hill.

Topic: African American; Photography; Politics (Practical); Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Pirkle Jones Foundation

Object number: 2012.83.6

Restrictions & Rights: © 2011 Pirkle Jones Foundation

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Portfolio/Series: A Photo Essay on the Black Panthers, 1968
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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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

Pinback button for Barbara Jordan from the 1992 Democratic National Convention

Manufactured by: Unidentified
Subject of: Jordan, Barbara, American, 1936 - 1996

Medium: metal and plastic
Dimensions: Diameter (depth with pin): 3 x 1/4 in. (7.6 x 0.6 cm)

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Place used: United States, North and Central America

Date: 1992

Description: A round metal and plastic pin, white with blue and red text and a black-and-white image of Barbara Jordan, commemorating her keynote address at the 1992 Democratic National Convention.

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

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

Object number: 2011.105.3

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

Barack Obama, Chicago

Created by: Cook, Mariana R., American, born 1955
Subject of: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on mat board
Dimensions: H x W: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place captured: Hyde Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Date: May 26, 1996

Description: A black-and-white portrait of Barack Obama wearing a dark colored polo shirt. He is posed in a three-quarter turn towards the camera but gazes directly at the viewer.

Topic: African American; Photography; Politics (Practical)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Julia J. Norrell in memory of Doug Bailey

Object number: 2013.194.1

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Pinback button promoting the Million Family March

Manufactured by: Unidentified
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: metal
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 3/16 × 5/16 in. (5.6 × 0.8 cm)

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

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

Date: 2000

Description: Round pin-back button featuring black, yellow and green type. Button reads, [Million/FAMILY/MARCH/®/OCTOBER 16, 2000/WASHINGTON, DC]. Button has green and yellow circular border.

Topic: African American; Communities; Local and regional; Politics (Practical)

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

Object number: 2013.201.1.19

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Ramparts June 1967

Published by: Ramparts, American, 1962 - 1975
Photograph by: Black Star, American, founded 1935
Subject of: Ali, Muhammad, American, 1942 - 2016
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: paper, ink, metal
Dimensions: H x W: 10 15/16 × 8 7/16 × 1/8 in. (27.8 × 21.4 × 0.3 cm)

Type: magazines (periodicals)

Date: 1967

Description: Ramparts magazine with a large color portrait photograph of Muhammad Ali. The image shows the PR side of Ali's face. He looks off to the right with lips slightly parted. The image is bordered in a thin white line. The remainder of the cover is a black background. At the top in blue text is the publication title [Ramparts]. To the right of the title, in the upper right corner is the price of the publication in red text [Seventy-five Cents]. Attached to the front cover is a narrow red strip of paper with the articles within the publication listed. [In this issue:/WHO/REALLY/KILLED/J.F.K?/SOME/NEW/ANSWERS/Also:/IN/DEFENSE/OF/MUHAMMAD/ALI/Greece:/The Death/of Democracy/Russia:/50 Years After,/by Isaac/Deutscher/Sex/Behind/Bars/And:/Paul Jacobs &/Leo Sauvage/vs./Gary Francis/Powers &/William/Manchester]. The strip of paper is attached to the left side of the cover.

Topic: African American; Mass media; Politics (Practical); United States--History--1961-1969

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

Object number: 2013.201.24

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials

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African-American Consumer and Business Magazine

Published by: Black Pearl Productions, Inc.
Attributed to: African American Business Association
Subject of: Farrakhan, Louis, American, born 1933; Benjamin Chavis, American, born 1948
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: paper, ink, metal
Dimensions: H x W: 11 1/8 × 8 9/16 × 1/8 in. (28.3 × 21.7 × 0.3 cm)

Type: magazines (periodicals)

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

Date: 1995

Description: Magazine with a large color photograph of Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. and Minister Louis Farrakhan. The image shows both men standing with Chavis on the left and Farrakhan on the right. Both men are dressed in suits and bow ties. The men stand in an interior room with chairs and small flags resting on the window sills. Behind the men is a palm plant. In the top left of the cover, behind the men, is the partial title of the publication [African-American/CONSUMER]. The word "consumer" is in large red and black letters. In the upper right corner in black text is the date, location, price, and a continuation of the publication title [NOVEMBER"/"DECEMBER 1995/WASHINGTON METRO BALITMORE/NORTHERN VIRGINIA/$3.00/and Business/Magazine]. Down the left side in red and yellow text is the publication's featured article [Million/Man/March/Peaceful/Rally/Makes/History]. On the lower right side is additional text in green and red [Message To/The Masses/Lead,/Follow/or Get/Out Of/The Way!]. Along the bottom of the image is the image caption in black text [Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan]. The entire image as well as all the text is contained within a yellow border on a black background.

Topic: African American; Business; Labor; Local and regional; Mass media; Politics (Practical)

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

Object number: 2013.201.27

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials

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Riot .. or Black Revolution

Created by: Probe Magazine, American
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: paper, ink, metal
Dimensions: H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 × 1/16 in. (27.9 × 21.6 × 0.2 cm)

Type: magazines (periodicals)

Date: ca. 1960

Description: On the front cover in the top half is the title in large red letters[RIOT..OR/BLACK/REVOLUTION]. Below the title in green is the publication information [Prepared by THE PROBE Magazine's Communications Workshop]. In the lower half of the front cover, centered, is an illustration of a man tapping his forehead with his PR hand. He is depicted in green from the chest up and wears a patterned Kofia hat. The man looks at the viewer. Along the bottom is a green band with two (2) lines of black text centered [A Special Guide For Brothers And Sisters/Truly Interested In Freeing Their People]. The back cover is black with a small rectangle bordered in red at the center. Within the rectangle is green text [PEACE].

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Mass media; Politics (Practical)

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

Object number: 2013.201.28

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials

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Third World No. 9

Created by: Third World Newspaper
Edited by: Lewis, John W., Jr.
Subject of: X, Malcolm, American, 1925 - 1965
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: newsprint, ink
Dimensions: H x W: 12 1/8 × 8 1/4 × 1/16 in. (30.8 × 21 × 0.2 cm)

Type: newspapers

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

Date: ca. 1965

Description: Third World magazine featuring a large black and white portrait drawing of Malcolm X. The illustration is a close up of Malcolm X's face depicting him squinting through his horn-rimmed glasses. The illustration is contained within a large rectangle bordered in a small black line that takes up the bottom two-thirds of the front. Over top of the illustration in the lower part of the image is white text on a black background [HONOR/MALCOLM X]. Above the second "M," on the PL cheek of Malcolm X is the artist's signature, vertically oriented [CHAMBERS]. At the top of the cover, contained within a smaller rectangle taking up the top third, is the publication title, number and price [THIRD WORLD/No. 9 25¢]. To the left of the publication title is a graphic of a globe with the number "3" on top.

Topic: African American; African diaspora; Civil Rights; Communities; Local and regional; Mass media; Politics (Practical)

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

Object number: 2013.201.30

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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