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Mule Train on 14th Street
- Photograph by
- Jones, Laura, Canadian American, born 1948
- Subject of
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5034 pixels × 7593 pixels (5034 × 7593 cm)
- Description
- A black and white digital image of a man on a mule drawn wagon.
- A man in a brimmed straw hat is driving a "Prairie Schooner" covered wagon. He is wearing a plaid button down collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up just below his elbows. He is wearing pants with the cuffs rolled up. He is sitting in the foreground, in the proper right seat and holding onto the reins. There is a man with a mustache sitting behind him. On the proper left side of the image there is the back end of a mule. It has studded straps going across it. On the proper right side of the image part of the covered wagon is visible. It has a white fabric covering and a wooden bottom. There is a car in the background next to the wagon.
- There is a building in the background. The main part of the building has two wings, one on either side, coming out towards the foreground. Two women, a young boy, and a man are standing on a sidewalk near a traffic light and street sign. The traffic light is green (the bottom light is on), and the street sign reads [SW 14 ST]. There is a sign with black text on a pole. It is on the ground behind the street sign. It is partially covered by the horse reins but reads [SIGHTSEEING / (?)ISCHARGE AR(?) / FOR BUREAU OF ENGRAVING PRINT].
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Justice
- Local and regional
- Politics
- Poverty
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Laura Jones
- Object number
- 2017.90.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Laura Jones
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UAW supports jobs
- Photograph by
- Jones, Laura, Canadian American, born 1948
- Subject of
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), American, ca. 1955
- Date
- June 19, 1968
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7629 pixels × 5070 pixels (7629 × 5070 cm)
- Description
- A black and white image of people in water.
- On Solidarity Day at Resurrection City, a crowd is in the Reflecting Pool with their clothes on. In the foreground on the proper left side there is a woman in a black and white pinstripe collared tank top with matching pants. She is holding sunglasses in her right hand. There is a little boy standing next to her. He is turned to the proper left side and he is wearing a dark shirt with a white sleeve stripe and plaid pants. He is holding a sign with a wooden handle in his right hand. The sign is white with black text in different fonts. It reads [UAW SUPPORTS / JOBS / EDUCATION / HOUSING / MEDICAL CARE / GUARANTEED INCOME / FOR EVERY AMERICAN].
- There are more people in the water in the background. There is also a crowd of people on the sidewalks in front of some trees.
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Education
- Health
- Housing
- Justice
- Labor
- Local and regional
- Medicine
- Politics
- Poverty
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Laura Jones
- Object number
- 2017.90.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Laura Jones
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Nun and Policeman
- Photograph by
- Jones, Laura, Canadian American, born 1948
- Subject of
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4425 pixels × 6615 pixels (4425 × 6615 cm)
- Description
- A black and white digital image of a nun and a police officer.
- The nun is in the foreground. She is standing in profile with her face to the proper left side of the image. She is wearing a white tunic with a black and white headpiece. There is a police officer standing on her left side. He is wearing a short sleeve shirt and a helmet with a chin strap. He is standing with his arms folded and he is in profile, facing the proper left side of the image. There are trees in the background, out of focus.
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Justice
- Local and regional
- Politics
- Poverty
- Religion
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Laura Jones
- Object number
- 2017.90.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Laura Jones
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Mule Train from Mississippi going through the city of Washington, D.C. June, 1968
- Photograph by
- Jones, Laura, Canadian American, born 1948
- Subject of
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5070 pixels × 7569 pixels (5070 × 7569 cm)
- Description
- A black and white digital image of a mule train from Mississippi passing through Washington, D.C.
- There are several mule-drawn wagons in a line going down a street. There are some people riding in uncovered wagons and there are others walking alongside the wagons. The wagon in the back of the line is covered and a man and woman are sitting on the back of it. The woman has her proper right arm resting on the side of the wagon and her proper left leg is crossed over her right leg. The man's legs are crossed at his ankles and his proper left arm is bent and resting on the side of the wagon. His head is resting on his left hand and his proper right hand is resting on his right knee.
- There is a police officer on a motorcycle at the back of the "train". There are cars and trucks in the background as well as a large building with columns, a tower, and arched windows. There is a street sign in the foreground on the proper left side of the image. It is slightly out of focus and reads [PEDESTRIANS / USE NORTH / CROSSWALK] with an arrow underneath.
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Justice
- Local and regional
- Politics
- Poverty
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Laura Jones
- Object number
- 2017.90.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Laura Jones
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Ministers' March
- Photograph by
- Jones, Laura, Canadian American, born 1948
- Subject of
- Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990
- Thom, Mel, born 1938
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4988 pixels × 7559 pixels (4988 × 7559 cm)
- Description
- A black and white digital image of a crowd marching.
- Ralph Abernathy and Mel Thom march with a crowd. The Washington Monument is in the background. The person on the far proper right side is wearing sunglasses, a white collared shirt, and a coat. They're holding hands with a priest. The priest is wearing a black short sleeve shirt and pants, a white religious collar, a chain with a crucifix, and a pinback button. His mouth is open and his proper left arm is bent. He is wearing a watch and a ring. His left arm is linked with Mel Thom, the man next to him. The man is wearing a plaid button down shirt and pants. He is wearing a bracelet on his proper left wrist. His left arm is linked with the right arm of Reverend Ralph D. Abernathy. Rev. Abernathy is wearing a short sleeve collared button down with vertical stripes, pants, and a jacket tied around his waist. He has a mustache and is holding sheets of paper in his hands. He is w earing a ring on his proper left hand. There is a woman on his proper left side. She is wearing a plaid button down dress with a belt, a brimmed hat, and several pinback buttons. She is holding onto Rev. Abernathy with her right hand and her proper left hand is across her stomach. The woman on her proper left side is linking arms with her. The woman is wearing a sweater, a pleated skirt, earrings, a necklace with a peace sign, and a pinback button. She has a white towel draped over her proper left shoulder.
- Many of the people have their mouths open and they appear to be chanting something during their march.
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Justice
- Local and regional
- Politics
- Poverty
- Religion
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Laura Jones
- Object number
- 2017.90.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Laura Jones
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Crowd wading in the Reflection Pool
- Photograph by
- Jones, Laura, Canadian American, born 1948
- Subject of
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Date
- June 19, 1968
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5082 pixels × 7593 pixels (5082 × 7593 cm)
- Description
- A black and white digital image of people in the Reflecting Pool on Solidarity Day at Resurrection City.
- Men, women, and children are wading in the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial. The crowd is walking and running towards the foreground. There are trees in the background along with more people standing and sitting on the Lincoln Memorial. People in the crowd are holding signs and banners with slogans such as [AMERICA! / Why Not / NOW?], [(?) / (?) / end / hunger / in / America], and even a sign that was ripped off of a pole which reads [NO / SWIMMING / OR / WADING / U.S. PARKS SERVICE]. Some of the people are also wearing pinback buttons on their shirts.
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Justice
- Local and regional
- Politics
- Poverty
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Laura Jones
- Object number
- 2017.90.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Laura Jones
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Teach-In
- Created by
- Jones, Laura, Canadian American, born 1948
- Subject of
- Williams, Hosea Lorenzo, American, 1926 - 2000
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5076 pixels × 7596 pixels (5076 × 7596 cm)
- Description
- A black and white digital image of a teach-in.
- The instructor, believed to be Hosea Lorenzo Williams, is in the center of the image. He has dark hair and a beard with a mustache. His head is tilted back slightly. His arms are raised next to his head with his elbows bent, and he is wearing either a bracelet or a watch on his proper left arm. He is wearing a short sleeve jumpsuit with a collar, a belt, and a white shirt underneath. There is a breast pocket on the proper left side with an unreadable label on it. There is a white notepad with two white pens inside of the pocket. Williams is also wearing a chain with an ankh on it.
- There are men, women, and children in the background and also sitting in front of him. They appear to be inside a large tent with poles holding it up. There is a tall chalkboard in the background with writing on it. The top read's [T(?)Y'S Lesson:]. The first word is probably "TODAY'S" and the word "Lesson" is underlined. There are drawings below along with more writing.
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Education
- Justice
- Local and regional
- Politics
- Poverty
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Laura Jones
- Object number
- 2017.90.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Laura Jones
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Digital image of Ralph Abernathy on a police bus
- Photograph by
- Jones, Laura, Canadian American, born 1948
- Subject of
- Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5008pixels × 7488pixels
- Caption
- On June 24, 1968, protestors at the United States Capitol led by Rev. Ralph Abernathy were arrested while marching for the nation's poor. At the same time, Metropolitan police arrested residents of Resurrection City who refused to vacate. In total 397 people were arrested that day.
- Description
- A black and white digital image of Reverend Ralph David Abernathy on a police bus after his arrest on June 24, 1968. Abernathy is featured behind the bars of an open window. He is seated and has his face turned towards a group of reporters standing outside the bus.
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Local and regional
- Political organizations
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Laura Jones
- Object number
- 2016.177.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Laura Jones
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Digital image of Jesse Jackson and James Brown in Resurrection City
- Photograph by
- Jones, Laura, Canadian American, born 1948
- Subject of
- Rev. Jackson, Jesse, American, born 1941
- Brown, James, American, 1933 - 2006
- Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4003 × 6000 in.
- Description
- A black and white image of Jesse Jackson and James Brown in the Poor People's Campaign Culture Tent at Resurrection City. Jackson and Brown stand to the right of an unidentified man standing behind a microphone stand. The unidentified man is wearing a suit and tie and holding a hat in his proper left hand. Behind him, Ralph Abernathy is partially visible. Several other unidentified people surround him. In the foreground of the image, unidentified people sit and face the group around the microphone.
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Entertainers
- Local and regional
- Political organizations
- Singers (Musicians)
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Laura Jones
- Object number
- 2016.177.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Laura Jones
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CC0
Photocopy of a portrait of the Cotten family
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Cotten, Tom
- Cotten, Sallie
- Cotten, Carrie
- Cotten, Mildred
- Williams, Loula Cotten, American, died 1927
- Cotten, Myrtle
- Cotten, Susie
- Cotten, Ernest
- Elizabeth Estes, American, 1882 - 1969
- Date
- 1902; printed later
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
- H x W (image): 7 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (19.1 x 23.8 cm)
- Caption
- Loula Cotten Williams is pictured here with her parents and siblings in Madison County, Tennessee. She would later relocate to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she and her husband, John Wesley Williams, owned and operated the Dreamland Theatre. Located on Greenwood Avenue, the theatre showed live musical and theatrical performances in addition to silent films. It was destroyed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
- Description
- Photocopy of a studio portrait of a family of nine people. All of the people are identified and labeled using black ink. Tom Cotten and Sallie Cotten sit in the middle with their daughters sitting and standing around them. The girls are identified as (left to right): Myrtle (seated), Carrie, Mildred, Loula, Elizabeth, and Susie (seated). A small boy identified as Ernest Cotten sits on a small stool in front of Tom and Sallie. Written below the image is “The Cotten Family 1902.”
- Place captured
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Madison County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- W.D. Williams Family Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- portraits
- photocopies
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Families
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
- Object number
- 2013.79.22
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Funeral program of William Walker
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Walker, William, American, 1881 - 1963
- Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church, American, founded 1905
- Owned by
- Gates, Eddie Faye
- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5528pixels × 6083pixels
- Description
- Digital copy of a funeral program for William Walker, survivor of the Tulsa Race Riot. The funeral program consists of black ink printed on a single sheet of cream colored paper, folded once to produce four pages. The first page, or cover, has an illustration of Christ carrying the cross against a bright sun. Text at the top reads [FUNERAL SERVICES FOR / Mr. William Walker]. Text beneath the image has the date and location information. The service took place at Mason Memorial Methodist Church in Kansas City, Kansas, with interment at Quindaro Cemetery. The first interior page has an obituary, which details Walker's birth in Centerville, Mississippi, his life in Tulsa, Oklahoma and his relocation to Kansas City, Kansas after "a serious racial conflict in 1921 at Tulsa" when he "lost practically all his accumulations of many years." The obituary also details Walker's faith and church involvement over the years. The second interior page contains the program for the service, from processional to benediction. The last page, or back cover, lists the pallbearers.
- The program is accompanied by a handout about the Vernon A.M.E. Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, printed on black ink on a single sheet of white paper, folded to produce four pages. The first page, or front cover, has a photocopied image of the 1921 Black Wall Street Memorial. At the top is printed the address for Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church, and beneath the image is the caption [Vernon A.M.E. Church is "indelibly" / woven into the historisity of the / Black Wall Street on North Greenwood / ... PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE ...]. The interior pages include a history of the Vernon A.M.E. Church in which William Walker is listed as a charter member when the church was founded in Tulsa in 1905. The history also includes that the Tulsa Race Riot destroyed all but the basement of the church in 1921, as well as lists of pastors and bishops and an image of the church building.
- Place collected
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Eddie Faye Gates Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- digital images
- programs
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Communities
- Families
- Funeral customs and rites
- Religion
- Religious groups
- Tulsa Race Massacre
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa OK, author, historian, community activist
- Object number
- 2014.117.62
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Funeral program of LeRoy Gibbs
- Created by
- Newman, Princetta, American, born 1943
- Subject of
- Gibbs, Leroy, American, 1910 - 1999
- Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church, American, founded 1905
- Owned by
- Gates, Eddie Faye
- Date
- 1999
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3416pixels × 5242pixels
- Description
- Digital copy of a funeral program for LeRoy Gibbs. The booklet program consists of eight pages bound with staples inside a cover. The cover has a blue and white cloud-like print. The front has text reading [Heaven's Roll Call... /LeRoy Gibbs] with Gibbs' name inside a scroll design. The first interior page has a photographic portrait of Gibbs in military uniform and reads [Service In Remembrance of the Life and Work of LeRoy Gibbs]. The interior pages include a poem, the order of service, and a three page obituary titled [His Notable Life], with photographs. The obituary includes details of Gibbs World War II military service, his membership at Vernon A.M.E. Church, his many stores and businesses and community work in North Tulsa. The obituary is followed by a message of gratitude from the family, a listing of the pall bearers and flower bearers. At bottom center of the back cover is printed [prepared by / Personally Yours / Princetta Rudd-Newman] with a phone number.
- Place collected
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Eddie Faye Gates Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- digital images
- programs
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Communities
- Families
- Funeral customs and rites
- Religion
- Religious groups
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa OK, author, historian, community activist
- Object number
- 2014.117.67
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Funeral program of Henry Clay Whitlow, Jr.
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Whitlow, Henry Clay Jr., American, 1909 - 1994
- Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church, American, founded 1905
- Booker T. Washington High School, American, founded 1913
- Owned by
- Gates, Eddie Faye
- Date
- April 19, 1994
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3425pixels × 5211pixels
- Description
- Digital copy of a funeral program for Henry Clay Whitlow Jr. The funeral program consists of black ink printed on two sheets of pink paper, folded in a landscape orientation, and stapled together at the top to produce eight pages. The first page, or cover, has a black border around the edge and a gold-embossed rose in the bottom left corner. The cover reads [In Celebration of the life of / Henry Clary Whitlow, Jr. / January 22, 1909 April 15, 1994]. The service took place at Vernon A.M.E. Church and was officiated by Rev. Maurice K. Majors.
- The first interior spread (page 2) is blank at the top. The bottom of the first interior spread (page 3) is titled "A Life to Be Forever Celebrated" and includes information about the service with a photo of Whitlow to the right of the text.
- The second interior spread (pages 4-5) features a quote by Booker T. Washington along the top; an obituary for Whitlow that describes his early life, family, religious activities, and professional career as an educator and principal at Carver Jr. High School and Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa; and an acknowledgement from the family printed below the obituary. There are two photos on this spread, one in the top left corner and one of Whitlow talking on a phone in the bottom right corner.
- The third interior spread includes the "Order of Service" from processional to recessional at the top of the spread (page 6). The bottom of the spread (page 7) is blank.
- The last page, or back cover, lists the pallbearers and flower bearers.
- Place collected
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Eddie Faye Gates Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- digital images
- programs
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Communities
- Education
- Families
- Funeral customs and rites
- Religion
- Religious groups
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa OK, author, historian, community activist
- Object number
- 2014.117.70
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Funeral program of Fannie Ezelle Hill with eulogy notes by Eddie Faye Gates
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Hill, Fannie Ezelle, American, 1904 - 2006
- Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church, American, founded 1905
- Written by
- Gates, Eddie Faye
- Owned by
- Gates, Eddie Faye
- Date
- February 13, 2006
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6731pixels × 10177pixels
- Description
- Digital copy of a funeral program for Fannie Ezelle Hill. The funeral program consists of color ink printed text and images on the front and back cover and black ink printed on the interior of a single sheet of white paper, folded once to produce four pages. The first page, or cover, has a full-page, watermarked image of Hill with text along the right side of the page titled "HOMEGOING CELEBRATION" with Hill's life dates, a Bible verse from Proverbs 30:10;31, and information about the service. The service took place at Vernon A.M.E. Church and was officiated the Reverend Michelle K.T. Moulden.
- The left-side interior page has an obituary in three columns of text. Below the obituary are six black and white photos that depict Hill at various times in her life, including a photo with Zeta Phi Beta and a photo with Jimmy Carter. The right-side interior page lists the "Order of Service."
- The last page, or back cover, lists the pallbearers and flower bearers, an "Acknowledgements & Words of Appreciation with Thanks" from the family, information about the internment and arrangements, and four color photos.
- A second, black and white copy of the funeral program is also included.
- There are also two pages of handwritten notes, front and back, for the "Words of Tribute" that Eddie Faye Gates gave during the ceremony. These notes detail Hill's activism and involvement in the Tulsa community.
- Place collected
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Eddie Faye Gates Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- digital images
- programs
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- American West
- Communities
- Families
- Funeral customs and rites
- Religion
- Religious groups
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa OK, author, historian, community activist
- Object number
- 2014.117.72
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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John Hope Franklin - 1995
- Photograph by
- Thompson, Don, American
- Subject of
- Franklin, John Hope, American, 1915 - 2009
- Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church, American, founded 1905
- Date
- 1995; printed 2014
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (27.6 × 35.3 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white gelatin silver print portrait of historian John Hope Franklin, survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Franklin is depicted standing on N. Greenwood Ave. in Tulsa, Oklahoma, beneath the US-412 overpass. He wears a light colored suit jacket, white shirt and a dark colored paisley necktie. He is standing with his arms behind his back and is looking directly at the camera. Vernon Chapel A.M.E. Church is in the background. An adhesive label on the verso has the photographer's printed name and contact information as well as [John Hope Franklin - 1995] in bold italicized text and the photographer's signature [Don Thompson 2014] in graphite.
- Place depicted
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Communities
- Photography
- Race relations
- Religion
- Religious groups
- Tulsa Race Massacre
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the photographer, Don Thompson
- Object number
- 2014.206.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Don Thompson
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Photographic print of men and women in front of Vernon AME Church, Tulsa
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church, American, founded 1905
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- ca. 1919
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 × 10 in. (17.8 × 25.4 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a group of fifty (50) women, men and children standing in front of a church, possibly Vernon Chapel AME Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Everyone is standing except for six (6) people in the front row. Most of the group members are adults, but there are some children. The church has light-colored, thin, slat-wood siding. At the proper left and proper right of the photograph are two (2) sets of double doors with windows above. The doors at the left are closed and the doors at the right are open. In between the sets of doors is a large, decorative window. Handwritten in blue ink above the head of one of the women is an [x] mark.
- Place depicted
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- photographs
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
- Object number
- 2014.75.40
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
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Photograph of the Cotten family
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Cotten, Carrie
- Cotten, Mildred
- Williams, Loula Cotten, American, died 1927
- Cotten, Myrtle
- Cotten, Tom
- Cotten, Sallie
- Cotten, Susie
- Cotten, Ernest
- Elizabeth Estes, American, 1882 - 1969
- Date
- 1902
- Medium
- ink on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of the nine members of the Cotten family taken in 1902. The names of the family members have been written on or above their likenesses. Tom Cotten and Sallie Cotten sit in the middle with their daughters sitting and standing around them. The girls are identified as (left to right): Myrtle (seated), Carrie, Mildred, Loula, Elizabeth, and Susie (seated). A small boy identified as Ernest Cotten sits on a small stool in front of Tom and Sallie. Written below the image is “The Cotten Family 1902.” The back of the photograph is blank.
- Place depicted
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Place captured
- Madison County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- photographs
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Families
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
- Object number
- 2011.60.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
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Funeral program for John Wesley Williams
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Williams, John Wesley, 1884 - 1939
- Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church, American, founded 1905
- Date
- 1939
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14 cm)
- Description
- A memorial program for the funeral service of John Wesley Williams, a businessman in Tulsa, Oklahoma and a survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The service was held at Vernon Chapel A.M.E. Church, and he was later interned at Crown Hill Cemetery. On the inside of the program, written vertically in the margin, is a list of names.
- Place depicted
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- programs
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Communities
- Funeral customs and rites
- Religion
- Religious groups
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
- Object number
- 2011.60.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Gelatin silver print of a woman singing into a microphone
- Photograph by
- Franklin Photos Reproductions, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1920s - 1950s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 9 3/16 × 7 1/8 in. (23.3 × 18.1 cm)
- H x W (Image): 8 15/16 × 6 7/8 in. (22.7 × 17.5 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of a woman at a microphone.
- She is wearing a long dark dress under a knee-length white fur coat. She is angled slightly away from the camera, her arms are bent and slightly raised by her sides. She appears to be singing into the microphone. The microphone, a rectangular ribbon style, is mounted on a tall stand. Behind her, heart-shaped wire back chairs and tables are just visible along with the letters "J" and "H" in white in the lower right side of the image.
- On the reverse is a stamp for Franklin Photos Reproductions.
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.38.16
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
-
Souvenir Centennial Celebration: Bethel Baptist Institutional Church Golden Jubilee
- Created by
- Bethel Baptist Institutional Church, American, founded 1838
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- ink on paper, metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 12 1/4 × 9 1/8 × 1/8 in. (31.1 × 23.2 × 0.3 cm)
- Description
- Souvenir program for the golden jubilee of the Bethel Baptist Institutional Church. The program has a gold-colored textured cover with green text and images. There is a graphic of the church between the title. The location in Jacksonville, Fl. and the date of July 18-24, 1938 is listed below. At the bottom, text reads [One Hundred Years in the Master's Service]. The program begins with pictures of the pastors starting from 1868. There is a foreword by W. H. Lee. There is a history of the church and pages titled [PATRIOTS OF YESTERYEAR]. The program information is at the end of the booklet. The program is fastened with two (2) staples. The back cover is blank.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place used
- Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- souvenir programs
- Topic
- Communities
- Religion
- Religious groups
- Social life and customs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.40.67
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain