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  • Calvin Luper Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Luper, Calvin, American, born 1946
    Interviewed by
    Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
    Subject of
    Luper, Clara, American, 1923 - 2011
    NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936
    Dr. Atkins, Charles N., 1911 - 1988
    Porter, Edwin Melvin, American, 1930 - 2016
    Sipuel Fisher, Ada Lois, American, 1924 - 1995
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 00:24:04
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Place collected
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 24, 2011
    Description
    The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.13.1a, 2011.174.13.1b, 2011.174.13.1c, and 2011.174.13.1d.
    Calvin Luper remembers his mother, Clara Luper, and her leadership in Oklahoma City's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Youth Council. He recalls participating in sit-ins in drug stores and restaurants, and hosting a radio show with his mother. He also remembers other leaders in Oklahoma's civil rights movement, including Dr. Charles N. Atkins, E. Melvin Porter, and Ada Lois Sipuel.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0013
    Topic
    African American
    Activism
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Children
    Civil rights
    Mass media
    Social reform
    United States--History--1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Duration: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    Object number
    2011.174.13.1a-d
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Mildred Pitts Walter Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Walter, Mildred Pitts, born 1922
    Interviewed by
    Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
    Subject of
    Southern University and A&M College, American, founded 1880
    Walter, Earl, American, died 1965
    Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 01:31:20
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Place collected
    San Mateo, California, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
    Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
    Soviet Union, Europe
    Date
    March 1, 2013
    Description
    The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.59.1a, 2011.174.59.1b, 2011.174.59.1c, 2011.174.59.1d, and 2011.174.59.1e.
    Mildred Pitts Walter discusses her early life in Louisiana, attending Southern University, and moving to Los Angeles in 1944. Pitts recalls meeting Earl Walter whom she married two years later, her work with Earl who headed the Los Angeles chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) from 1951 to 1963, CORE pickets of housing developers in Los Angeles, and her work as a clerk in the LA school district while getting her teaching credentials. She also discusses her career writing over 20 books for children, her work with a national association of nurses to develop culturally sensitive training, marching in the Soviet Union for peace, her ideas about civil rights and human rights.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0059
    Topic
    African American
    Activism
    American South
    American West
    Associations and institutions
    Children
    Civil rights
    Education
    Housing
    Humanitarianism
    International affairs
    Medicine
    Social reform
    United States--History--1945-1953
    United States--History--1953-1961
    United States--History--1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    Object number
    2011.174.59.1a-e
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 1

    Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 1

    16mm motion picture film of Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 1
    Directed by
    Rev. Jones, S. S., American, 1869 - 1936
    Subject of
    Mosaic Templars of America, American, 1882 - 1930s
    Medium
    16mm Film (a): acetate film;
    Film Reel (b): metal;
    Film Can (c): plastic
    Dimensions
    Duration: 13 Minutes
    Length (Film): 350 Feet
    Type
    motion pictures (information artifacts)
    Place filmed
    Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Wybark, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
    Oklahoma+City"&edan_local=1&op=Search">Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1924-1928
    Caption
    Rev. Solomon Sir Jones was a Baptist minister, businessman, and amateur filmmaker. This collection of home movies by Jones documents African American communities in Oklahoma between 1924 and 1928, depicting residents at work and in their homes, as well as activities at local schools, businesses, and churches. Community social events such as parades and funerals are prominently featured.
    Description
    A 16mm silent, black and white film (a) with original metal Kodascope film reel (b) and original plastic film can (c) featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones, the first in a collection of nine films.
    Consists of: 16mm Film (a), Original Film Reel (b), Original Film Can (c).
    2011.79.1.1a: 16mm film.
    This film begins with congregants exiting down the front steps of a church and walking by the camera. They are all dressed in semi-formal attire with some wearing hats. After showing a close-up of some of the congregants, the footage shows the front of a grocery and cafe. There are children and adults standing in front of the store. A woman in a waitress uniform comes out of the store, turns in front of the camera and walks back inside. The next footage shows the front of the Douglass School, possibly in Oklahoma City. The camera pans around to show adults and children in the front of the school, parked cars, and other nearby buildings. The next scene shows children in front of a different building, possibly another school, lined up in rows with many holding books. They begin walking in formation passing in front of the camera. After showing some adults standing in front of the building, the footage then shows children playing on a playground. The next scene shows the children climbing into automobiles with long rear seating areas and driving down a hill away from the building and passing in front of the camera. The next scene shows agricultural work with scenes of men performing various tasks. They work with trucks and mechanized equipment to bag the crops and transport them. The next scene shows women and children working in a field and a man riding a plow pulled by a horse. There is footage of a family walking out of a farmhouse, probably the same family from the previous footage in the field. The next scene shows a swimming pool followed by a panning shot of a residential neighborhood with single family homes. Some of the residents walk in and out of their homes so that they can be filmed. There is footage of a man in a commercial area with a sign that reads "Yukon's Best Flour," although the footage is probably not from the town of Yukon, Oklahoma. The next shot shows the front of the Mosaic Temple of America building. There is a brief shot of a storefront window before more footage of single family homes in a residential neighborhood. There are more shots of residents on their porches, both adults and children. The footage again shows the commercial area including a billboard advertising Camel cigarettes. There is more footage of people leaving the front door of a building followed by another scene of agricultural work with a team of horses pulling a plow and men working. Following that, there is a brief shot of a man standing next to a horse and buggy. The next scene shows a man and woman outside of a house under construction that appears to be close to completion. The camera then shows more homes and a brief street scene of two men grappling for the camera.
    2011.79.1.1b: Original film reel.
    2011.79.1.1c: Original film can. Inscribed on the outside of the canister is, in red ink [#], followed in black ink by [1] / [SEE LIST]. A handwritten inscription on white adhesive label reads: [Cont'd OKC Jones 1 / SEE LIST Potatoes Wybark].
    Topic
    African American
    Advertising
    Agriculture
    American South
    American West
    Business
    Children
    Communities
    Domestic life
    Education
    Fraternal organizations
    Rural life
    United States--Social life and customs
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Naomi Long Madgett
    Object number
    2011.79.1.1abc
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public Domain
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    Collection title
    Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Leland, Miss. 4-30-27

    Leland, Miss. 4-30-27

    Gelatin silver print of the 1927 Mississippi River flood
    Created by
    Unidentified
    Commissioned by
    Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 7 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (20 x 25.5 cm)
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Place captured
    Leland, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    April 30, 1927
    Description
    A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This photo shows a boy and a girl standing in the BL corner with a flooded cotton gin standing in the background.
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    Children
    Communities
    Great Migration
    Photography
    United States--History--1919-1933
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2011.13.45
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1927 Illinois Central Railroad
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    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Oliver W. Hill, Jr. Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Dr. Hill, Oliver White Jr., American, born 1949
    Interviewed by
    Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
    Subject of
    Hill, Oliver White Sr., American, 1907 - 2007
    Howard University, American, founded 1867
    Marshall, Thurgood, American, 1908 - 1993
    Houston, Charles Hamilton, American, 1895 - 1951
    NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., American, founded 1940
    Virginia State University, American, founded 1882
    Moses, Robert Parris, American, born 1935
    Algebra Project, American, founded 1982
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 01:13:30
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Place collected
    Petersburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Roanoke, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
    Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    August 17, 2013
    Description
    The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.102.1a, 2011.174.102.1b, 2011.174.102.1c, 2011.174.102.1d, and 2011.174.102.1e.
    Oliver W. Hill, Jr., Ph.D. discusses his father, civil rights lawyer Oliver Hill. He explains his father's childhood and education in Roanoke, Virginia, how he ended up at Howard University in the 1920s, where he was in the same class as Justice Thurgood Marshall and studied law under Charles Hamilton Houston. In the 1930s Oliver Hill, Sr. reunited with both of them to work for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which was focused on challenging segregation laws. Hill, Jr. describes his own experience as a black student integrating a white school in Richmond, Virginia, attending Howard University, becoming a psychology professor at Virginia State University, and working with Bob Moses on the Algebra Project. He also discusses the education of African American children, school reform, and student testing.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0102
    Topic
    African American
    Activism
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Children
    Civil rights
    Education
    Law
    Political organizations
    Segregation
    Social reform
    United States--History--1919-1933
    United States--History--1969-2001
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    Object number
    2011.174.102.1a-e
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Gertrude Newsome Jackson Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Newsome Jackson, Gertrude, American, born 1923
    Interviewed by
    Paysour, LaFleur
    Subject of
    Gonza Glascoe, Myrtle, American, 1936 - 2019
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
    Himmelbaum, Howard, American
    Head Start Program, American, founded 1965
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 01:57:01
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Place collected
    Marvell, Phillips County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Madison, St. Clair County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    November 22, 2011
    Description
    The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.4.1a and 2011.174.4.1b.
    Gertrude Jackson recalls growing up in Madison, Illinois, and Marvell, Arkansas. She recalls organizing her community to renovate a local segregated school and becoming involved in the civil rights movement in rural Arkansas. She discusses assisting Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) fieldworkers Howard Himmelbaum and Myrtle Glascoe, working for Head Start, and starting a community center. Jackson's grandson is also interviewed. He joins her towards the end of file #2.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0004
    Topic
    African American
    Activism
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Children
    Civil rights
    Education
    Segregation
    United States--History--1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    Object number
    2011.174.4.1ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 2

    Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 2

    16mm motion picture film of Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 2
    Directed by
    Rev. Jones, S. S., American, 1869 - 1936
    Medium
    16mm Film (a): acetate film;
    Film Reel (b): metal;
    Film Can (c): metal
    Dimensions
    Duration: 12 Minutes
    Length (Film): 350 Feet
    Type
    motion pictures (information artifacts)
    Place filmed
    Langston, Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1924-1928
    Caption
    Rev. Solomon Sir Jones was a Baptist minister, businessman, and amateur filmmaker. This collection of home movies by Jones documents African American communities in Oklahoma between 1924 and 1928, depicting residents at work and in their homes, as well as activities at local schools, businesses, and churches. Community social events such as parades and funerals are prominently featured.
    Description
    A 16mm silent, black and white film (a) with original metal film reel (b) and original metal film can (c) featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones, the second in a collection of nine films.
    There is an inscription on the metal canister in red ink that is partially obscured by two whtie labels, visible is [ance # 2]. The '2' has been written over again in black ink, and below it is [SEE LIST] also in black ink. Written on the adhesive labels in black ink is [Oklahoma - Jones / This is on video 2].
    The film opens with people dressed in semi-formal attire leaving the front door of a building. The next scene shows a woman shaking hands of people leaving the front door. Then same woman is then shown feeding chickens. The next scene shows the Mount Olive Baptist Church where S. S. Jones was the pastor. The next series of footage shows sheep in a field, two women and a girl on a front porch, and one of the women driving a car and exiting it to return to the porch. There is footage of the Langston, Oklahoma, post office, and cars pulling up to a gas station. The next scene shows a parade with soldiers in uniform followed by a group of men and then a group of women, perhaps students from the Colored Agricultural and Normal University (now Langston University). A man feeds chickens in the next scene that also shows a farmhouse and poultry houses. Several well-dressed men walk around outside. The next footage shows a group of several buildings, perhaps the university that the students paraded in front of earlier in the film. The following scene shows a man and a woman in front of a store with ducks. That is followed by footage of men and women picking cotton in a field. The next scene shows picked cotton in wagons pulled by horses. The cotton is removed from the wagons using a long tube attached to a building. The next footage shows cotton coming out of a door wrapped up in bales. The men roll the cotton out of the door. The next scene shows a large house with a car pulling up in front of it, then there is footage of a steam locomotive pulling passenger rail cars. The next scene shows men walking out of a store with a "Meat-Market" sign hanging over the front door. There is also some footage of the store interior. The next scene shows men and women dressed in semi-formal attire leaving the front door of what appears to be a school. A different school building that people exit in the next scene is identified as Vernon High School.
    Topic
    African American
    Advertising
    Agriculture
    American South
    American West
    Architecture
    Business
    Children
    Communities
    Domestic life
    Rural life
    United States--Social life and customs
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Naomi Long Madgett
    Object number
    2011.79.2.1abc
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Collection title
    Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 5

    Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 5

    16mm motion picture film of Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 5
    Directed by
    Rev. Jones, S. S., American, 1869 - 1936
    Medium
    16mm Film (a): acetate film;
    Film Reel (b): plastic;
    Film Can (c): plastic
    Dimensions
    Duration: 12 Minutes
    Length (Film): 350 Feet
    Type
    motion pictures (information artifacts)
    Place filmed
    Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1924-1928
    Caption
    Rev. Solomon Sir Jones was a Baptist minister, businessman, and amateur filmmaker. This collection of home movies by Jones documents African American communities in Oklahoma between 1924 and 1928, depicting residents at work and in their homes, as well as activities at local schools, businesses, and churches. Community social events such as parades and funerals are prominently featured.
    Description
    A 16mm silent, black and white film (a) with original plastic film reel (b) and original plastic film can (c) featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones, the fourth in a collection of nine films.
    Inscribed on the outside of the canister in is [#] in red ink and [5] in black ink. A handwritten inscription on a white adhesive label reads: [Okmulgee, Okla - Wealthy Black Fam / Oil well / Farm].
    The film begins with a man and a woman walking up the front porch of a house. The next scene shows the exterior of a house, probably the same one shown at the beginning of the film. The next shows men and women walking out of the door of a building, probably a church, and down the stairs. Many of the men and women are wearing hats. Two men stand on either side of the doorway while the people walk by. This footage continues for about four minutes. A title sign with Deacon and Mrs. M. C. Brown's First Farm Home appears in the next scene, and then the footage shows the Browns and various buildings and their fields. The next title sign reads At Their Daily Occupation. The footage shows horses pulling a man, probably Deacon Brown, on a plow, then a woman, probably Mrs. Brown, coming out to give the man something to drink. There is some brief footage of a group of children. The next title sign reads Their Second Farm Home. A man comes out to feed the horses, and there are also chickens in the footage. Chickens are being fed in front of the house in the next scene. Another title sign reads Their First Oil Well 2,000 Barrels Daily. A man and two women walk beneath an oil derrick. The footage shows a field with other oil derricks at various places on the landscape. A man holds another title sign that reads Their Second Oil Well 3,000 Barrels Daily. The footage shows the oil derrick then many others on the landscape along with houses. The next scene shows several people get into a car and drive away from the camera. Another title sign reads The Public School On Mr. & Mrs. Brown's Farm Near Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The footage shows children in front of a school building. The next title sign reads Their Present Home 908 E. 3rd St. Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The footage shows a car drive up to the house and the Jones get out and walk up to the front door. The next title sign reads Dunbar High School In Action Prof. W. H. Fort Principal Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Children of various ages are shown dancing and playing in the schoolyard. Another scene shows boys and then girls doing calisthenics. The next scenes shows girls playing basketball followed by boys playing football. Girls are shown doing calisthenics. The next scene shows men and women exiting a building, perhaps the school. The next scene shows a group of men standing in front of a brick church building, and the final scene briefly shows the exterior of a house.
    Topic
    African American
    Agriculture
    American South
    American West
    Business
    Children
    Communities
    Domestic life
    Education
    Families
    Labor
    Recreation
    Rural life
    United States--Social life and customs
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Naomi Long Madgett
    Object number
    2011.79.5.1abc
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Collection title
    Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 7

    Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 7

    16mm motion picture film of Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 7
    Directed by
    Rev. Jones, S. S., American, 1869 - 1936
    Medium
    16mm Film (a): acetate film;
    Film Reel (b): metal;
    Film Can (c): metal
    Dimensions
    Duration: 16 Minutes
    Length (Film): 440 Feet
    Type
    motion pictures (information artifacts)
    Place filmed
    Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1924-1928
    Caption
    Rev. Solomon Sir Jones was a Baptist minister, businessman, and amateur filmmaker. This collection of home movies by Jones documents African American communities in Oklahoma between 1924 and 1928, depicting residents at work and in their homes, as well as activities at local schools, businesses, and churches. Community social events such as parades and funerals are prominently featured.
    Description
    A 16mm silent, black and white film (a) with original metal film reel (b) and original metal film can (c) featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones, the seventh in a collection of nine films.
    On the outside of the metal can are handwritten inscriptions on three white adhesive labels reading: [Acc Oklahoma Jones], [Kids Playing / Basketball], and [pumping gas / oil]. In the center is a yellowed label reading [O.K. / Rev. S S Jones / Reel reel - Red / Needs a leader.] on top of an impinted design.
    The film begins with footage from a gas station. The camera pans around the intersection in a commercial district with cars passing by in front of the camera. The next scene shows a man and a woman come out of a house and get into a car. Then the man and woman are seen in a field with cows. Then there is footage of two men in a cotton field. The woman is shown feeding chickens. The exteriors of two buildings are shown, and one of them is possibly the Grand Lodge of the Knights and Pythias. The next scene returns to the farm and a man working with horses and a woman taking care of some plants on the porch. Then a group of people walk out of the house and to a car in the front yard. At another house, a woman feeds the chickens and the camera shows a portrait of the family on the porch before they walk past the camera. Ducks walk around in the front yard. The footage shows people walking around in the yard. The next scene shows women exiting a building. After the women exit, men exit through the same door. There are also some children. The next scene appears to show those same people standing in a line as the camera pans and shows the group. There is a quick scene of children playing followed by young adult men and women walking down the steps after exiting the front door of a building. After a group of adults, possibly teachers, poses on the front steps and walks down, a large group of children walk out of the door and down the stairs. Following the children are more young adults. The next scene shows some of the students in the front of the school performing choreographed exercises and dances. The next scene is in a rural area with a building and an oil derrick. In the next scene, a man walks out of his house and is handed stacks of paper, perhaps money. The next scene shows four people standing on the front porch of a house before they walk down the front stairs. There are some other residential street scenes, and then footage of activity at a gas station. The next scene shows adults and children on the front porch of a house, and then the footage shows the exterior of the Eaglewing Hotel. The next scene shows the window sign for the State of Oklahoma Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge. The camera pans the exterior of the building, and a man comes out of a door and walks down the stairs to the sidewalk. The next footage shows a house and then a storefront. The next scene shows men working on a car, and then there is another scene at a gas station. The camera shows a Use Magnolia Gasoline and Magnolene Motor Oils and Greases advertisement painted on the side of the gas station building. The next scene shows a large house with a little girl playing outside. Then a man comes up to the porch and three women come out from inside. The next scene shows a farm and a woman feeding chickens. There is also footage of horses pulling equipment. The next scene shows a building with a long staircase and people coming outside to pose for a large group portrait. The footage includes the photographer setting up the camera. The crowd begins waving their hands and hats in the air as the film ends.
    Topic
    African American
    Advertising
    Agriculture
    American South
    American West
    Amusements
    Business
    Children
    Communities
    Domestic life
    Education
    Families
    Fraternal organizations
    Play
    Rural life
    Transportation
    United States--Social life and customs
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Naomi Long Madgett
    Object number
    2011.79.7.1abc
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Collection title
    Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • 51-Sugar Cane Plantation, La.

    51-Sugar Cane Plantation, La.

    Stereograph of children standing in a field of sugarcane
    Photograph by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Medium
    photographic paper , cardboard
    Dimensions
    H x W (Card): 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
    Type
    stereographs
    Place depicted
    Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1920s
    Description
    A black-and-white stereoscopic photograph depicting four young boys standing in a sugarcane field. Black type below photograph reads, [51 - Sugar Cane Plantation, La.]. There are no marks on the back.
    Topic
    African American
    Agriculture
    American South
    Children
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
    Object number
    2014.312.173
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
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    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Photographic print of a toddler sitting on a bench

    Photographic print of a toddler sitting on a bench

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Smith, Yvonne, American, born 1925
    Medium
    photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 5 3/8 × 3 3/8 in. (13.7 × 8.6 cm)
    Type
    photographs
    portraits
    Date
    1926-1930
    Description
    A black-and-white real photograph postcard of a toddler sitting on the edge of a wooden bench and leaning against the railing. The child is wearing a light-colored dress and light-colored socks and booties. A name is handwritten on the back of the postcard in blue ink: [Yvonne Smith].
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    American West
    Children
    Communities
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
    Object number
    2014.75.100
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Collection title
    The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Mrs. Eunice Jackson w/ their only son- S.M. Jr.

    Mrs. Eunice Jackson w/ their only son- S.M. Jr.

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Jackson, Eunice, American, 1903 - 2004
    Jackson, Samuel M. Jr., American, 1925 - 1928
    Medium
    photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 4 7/8 × 3 1/4 in. (12.4 × 8.3 cm)
    Type
    photographs
    portraits
    Place depicted
    Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1926-1927
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of Eunice Jackson and her son Samuel M. Jackson, Jr. Jackson and Samuel Jr. are standing in front of a 4-door car parked in front of a brick church with stained glass windows. They are dressed in dark colors. Jackson is bent over and hugging Samuel Jr., who is holding a snowball. There is snow on the ground, the car, and the church roof. There is a geometric design boarder around the photograph and in each corner [ELKO] is written.
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    American West
    Children
    Communities
    Families
    Religion
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
    Object number
    2014.75.26
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Collection title
    The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Photographic print of Eunice Jackson, Samuel M. Jackson Jr and two women

    Photographic print of Eunice Jackson, Samuel M. Jackson Jr and two women

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Jackson, Eunice, American, 1903 - 2004
    Jackson, Samuel M. Jr., American, 1925 - 1928
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Medium
    photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 4 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (11.4 × 7 cm)
    Type
    photographs
    portraits
    Place depicted
    Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1926
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of three (3) women next to a parked car, with a baby sitting on the hood of the car. The woman at the proper left of the photograph is Eunice Jackson. She is standing with her left hand outstretched over the hood of the car, grinning broadly, and she is wearing a dropped-waist knee-length dress and necklace, overcoat, stockings, and heels. At the center of the photograph, the baby Samuel Jackson Jr. is posed sitting on the hood of the car. He is wearing light-colored bunting and a cap, and he is grasping the car's hood ornament with his right hand. In front of Samuel Jr., a second woman is sitting on the bumper of the car, positioned in between the headlights. She is wearing an overcoat, fur stole, dress, stockings and heels. On the proper right side of the photograph, a woman stands, facing the camera, leaning slightly on the left fender of the car. She is wearing a light-colored dress, dark-colored overcoat, stockings, heels, and hat. The car appears to be parked under a flat-roofed portico or awning with brick columns. In the foreground, there is the shadow of the person taking the photograph. According to handwriting on the back of the photograph, the other women pictured are Lottie(?) Johnson and Mable Davis(?).
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    American West
    Children
    Communities
    Families
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
    Object number
    2014.75.62
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Collection title
    The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    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
  • Little Samuel Sleeps

    Little Samuel Sleeps

    Newspaper clipping of the obituary for Samuel Jackson Jr.
    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Jackson, Samuel M. Jr., American, 1925 - 1928
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 8 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. (21 × 7 cm)
    Type
    clippings
    Place depicted
    Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    September 1928
    Description
    A newspaper clipping of the obituary from the newspaper for Samuel Jackson Jr., containing a photograph of the boy. The clipping is mounted to another piece of paper or light card stock that was then ripped along the edges, giving the appearance of previously having been in a photo album.
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    American West
    Children
    Communities
    Families
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
    Object number
    2014.75.80
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Collection title
    The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • No. 220, Searching for Ideas

    No. 220, Searching for Ideas

    Photograph by
    Russell Bros., 1883-1941
    Subject of
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin or collodion on printing out paper on card mount
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 4 5/8 × 7 7/8 in. (11.7 × 20 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 5 1/4 × 8 1/2 in. (13.3 × 21.6 cm)
    Type
    cabinet photographs
    Place captured
    Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    early 20th century
    Description
    A cabinet card with a black-and-white photograph of an unidentified woman and three (3) unidentified children sitting on the steps of a raised wooden breezeway between two wooden buildings. The woman sits one step above the children and uses a comb to pick lice or other pests from the head of the child seated in the middle, whose head is resting on the woman's lap. The other two children look off frame to their left. The title and photographer name is in handwritten white text to the left of the woman and at the bottom left that is inherent to the print. The reverse of the gray card mount has a detailed list of other "Special Southern Views" available from Russell Bros. photographers printed in black ink.
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    Children
    Domestic life
    Hair
    Health
    Photography
    Stereotypes
    United States--History--1865-1921
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
    Object number
    2016.166.11
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Collection title
    Liljenquist Family Collection
    Portfolio/Series
    Special Southern Views
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Folks At Home

    Folks At Home

    Photograph by
    Havens, O. Pierre, American, 1838 - 1912
    Subject of
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Medium
    albumen and silver on paper on card mount
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 4 3/4 × 7 7/8 in. (12.1 × 20 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 5 3/16 × 8 3/8 in. (13.2 × 21.3 cm)
    Type
    cabinet photographs
    albumen prints
    Place printed
    Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1888-1912
    Description
    A cabinet card with an albumen print of three (3) unidentified women and seven (7) unidentified children posed on the porch of a wooden house. The women all sit in chairs, with one woman seated at the right background alone. The other two women are surrounded by the children who are seated and standing, with one young child in the lap of one of the women. The building is surrounded by a swept yard and a rough-hewn fence. The title "Folks Al [sic] Home" is imprinted in the lower left facing side of the image. The photographer's name and address are printed in black ink on the reverse of the gray card mount, with an additional handwritten inscription on the back with the name Herman Barthmaier.
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    Children
    Domestic life
    Families
    Photography
    Rural life
    United States--History--1865-1921
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
    Object number
    2016.166.13
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Collection title
    Liljenquist Family Collection
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • An Hour's Hunting

    An Hour's Hunting

    Photograph by
    Havens, O. Pierre, American, 1838 - 1912
    Subject of
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Medium
    albumen and silver on paper on card mount
    Dimensions
    H x W (sheet): 3 15/16 × 6 15/16 in. (10 × 17.6 cm)
    H x W (image (each)): 3 9/16 × 3 1/4 in. (9 × 8.3 cm)
    Type
    albumen prints
    stereographs
    portraits
    Place printed
    Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1876-1888
    Description
    A stereograph titled "An Hour's Hunting" printed and photographed by O. Pierre Havens of Savannah, Georgia. The albumen prints depict an unidentified woman and an unidentified girl seated on the open doorstep of a log building. The girl's head rests in the woman's lap. The woman looks down at the child with her hands in the child's hair. The prints are mounted on card stock that is orange on the front and light pink on the reverse. Black text printed on the reverse lists the photographer's name and address. A paper label is adhered upside down on the bottom reverse with black printed text reading: "56. An Hour's Hunting."
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    Children
    Hair
    Health
    Photography
    United States--History--1865-1921
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
    Object number
    2016.166.6
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Collection title
    Liljenquist Family Collection
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Plantation Scene; Folks All Home

    Plantation Scene; Folks All Home

    Photograph by
    Wilson, J. N., American, 1827 - 1897
    Subject of
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Medium
    albumen and silver on paper on card mount
    Dimensions
    H x W (sheet): 3 15/16 × 7 in. (10 × 17.8 cm)
    H x W (image (each)): 3 11/16 × 3 5/16 in. (9.4 × 8.4 cm)
    Type
    albumen prints
    stereographs
    Place printed
    Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1865-1874
    Description
    A stereograph titled "Plantation Scene; Folks All Home" printed by J. N. Wilson of Savannah, Georgia. The albumen prints depicts six (6) unidentified children in the yard outside a log building with a brick chimney. A girl stands near the center with her hands inside a wooden washtub on a stand. A boy stands to her right with his back at the corner of the building and holding a large full basket on his head. Two younger children sit on a bench outside the building in the background. Two toddlers sit on the left side of the frame, one on the wheel of a small wooden cart and another on the ground next to a box or bin. The prints are mounted on tan card stock. Black text printed on the reverse lists the photographer's name and address. A paper label is adhered below the printed text that reads "68. Plantation Scene; Folks all Home."
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    Children
    Domestic life
    Labor
    Photography
    United States--History--1865-1921
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
    Object number
    2016.166.7
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Collection title
    Liljenquist Family Collection
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Photographic print of of 3 men, 2 boys and 1 woman posing on a porch

    Photographic print of of 3 men, 2 boys and 1 woman posing on a porch

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Medium
    photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 4 3/8 × 2 3/4 in. (11.1 × 7 cm)
    Type
    photographs
    portraits
    Date
    early 20th century
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of a group of two (2) older men, one (1) woman, one (1) young man, and two (2) boys in front of a house porch. The two boys are sitting in the grass in the foreground of the photograph. One of the men is sitting behind one of the boys, laughing, with his feet on the boy's shoulders. The other older man, the woman, and the young man, are in a row behind them. The two men are sitting on the edge of the porch, and the woman is standing in between them. The boys are wearing light-colored shirts without jackets, the men are wearing jackets, ties, trousers and hats, and the woman is wearing a hat and a light-colored dress or a blouse and skirt.
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    American West
    Children
    Communities
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
    Object number
    2014.75.112
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Collection title
    The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Photographic print of two framed portraits hanging on a wall

    Photographic print of two framed portraits hanging on a wall

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Jackson, Samuel M. Jr., American, 1925 - 1928
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Medium
    photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 4 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (10.5 × 8.3 cm)
    Type
    photographs
    portraits
    Date
    mid 20th century
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of two framed portraits. The top portrait is a framed oval portrait of Samuel M. Jackson Jr. when he was seven (7) weeks old. The baby is lying on a white blanket on top of a small table, with a cloth wrapped around his midsection, his arms up by his face, and he is facing the camera. The portrait is hanging on the wall. The bottom portrait is a smaller framed oval portrait of a young man with a mustache and neatly trimmed hair wearing a suit. This portrait appears to be resting on the back of a sofa. The photograph has a white border, and the top and bottom edges of the photograph are scalloped.
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    American West
    Children
    Communities
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
    Object number
    2014.75.113
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Collection title
    The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture