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Pinback button promoting the Million Women March

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

Medium: metal

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Place depicted: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1997

Description: Round pin-back button featuring graphic of four African American women wearing green and red dresses. Above the women is black, green, and red type that reads, [Million/Woman March/October 25th, 1997 Philadelphia/Benjamin Franklin Parkway].

Topic: African American; African diaspora; Communities; Politics (Practical)

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

Object number: 2013.201.1.17

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
Exhibition: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Pinback button for "Brothers supporting the Million Women's March"

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

Medium: metal
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 1/4 × 3/8 in. (5.7 × 1 cm)

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Place depicted: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1997

Description: Round pin-back button featuring red, black, and green type. On the right and left side of the button's front are identical black silhouettes of a woman. Type on front of button reads, [BROTHERS/SUPPORTING/THE MILLION/WOMEN's MARCH/Philadelphia, Pa. OCT. 25, '97].

Topic: African American; African diaspora; Communities; Politics (Practical)

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

Object number: 2013.201.1.18

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

Pinback button protesting the imprisonment of the Wilmington 10

Manufactured by: GATEWAYS UNLTD., American
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010
Subject of: Benjamin Chavis, American, born 1948

Medium: metal
Dimensions: Diameter: 1 3/4 × 3/8 in. (4.4 × 1 cm)

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Place depicted: Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1971 - 1980

Description: Round pin-back button featuring a yellow and brown image of a man behind bars. Brown type circles center image and reads, [FREE THE WILMINGTON 10/NOW!]. Yellow type appears along edge of button and reads, [GATEWAYS UNLTD WASH D.C.].

Topic: African American; Civil rights; Freedom; Justice; Politics (Practical); United States--History--1969-2001

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

Object number: 2013.201.1.24

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Poster for African Liberation Day

Manufactured by: Unidentified
Attributed to: All-African People's Revolutionary Party, founded 1958
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: paper, printing ink
Dimensions: H x W: 16 13/16 × 11 1/16 in. (42.7 × 28.1 cm)

Type: posters

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

Date: 1977

Description: The poster's background is split diagonally by two colors with the red taking up the upper left and right corners down toward the lower left corner and the yellow taking up the lower left and right corners extending up toward the upper right corner. In the center is a large green and black graphic of the continent of Africa. Within the center of Africa is a large fist. Above and to the left of the first is a quote ["THE CORE OF THE BLACK/REVOLUTION IS IN AFRICA"...!"]. Below the first is an additional quote ["SOUTH AFRICA, RHODESIA/AND ISRAEL: ENEMIES OF/AFRICA AND ALL MANKIND!"]. Along the top, in an arch is a large line of text with the letters "A," "L," and "D" emphasized [AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY]. Below this line is the date [SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1977]. To the left of the continent, below center, is additional information in black text [MARCH AND RALLY/MALCOM X/PARK 10/AM/WASHINGTON, D. C.]. Below the continent is the rally information, also in black text [2/ND/NATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP/SYMPOSIUM/MAY 27, 1977/CRAMPTON AUDITORIUM/Noon -10 P.M./HOWARD UNIVERSITY WASH, D.C.]. In the lower right corner is contact information for the rally [FOR FURTHER INFOMRATION CONTACT:/ALL-AFRICAN PEOPLES REVOLUNTIONARY/PARTY (A-APRP) P.O. BOX 3307/WASHINGTON, D.C. 20009 TEL (202)387-8996]. In the lower left corner is a small logo for the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party. The logo consists of two (2) concentric rings with an outline of the continent of Africa within the rings. Over the top of the continent is a large black, five-pointed star. Within the rings is text [ALL AFRICAN PEOPLES/REVOLUTIONARY PARTY]. Separating the two (2) lines of text within the logo are small, black, five-pointed stars.

Topic: African American; Activism; Africa; Associations and institutions; Communication; Local and regional; Politics (Practical); Resistance; United States--History--1969-2001

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

Object number: 2013.200.3.1-3

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
Exhibition: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Pinback button promoting African Liberation Day

Manufactured by: Unidentified
Subject of: All-African People's Revolutionary Party, founded 1958
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: metal
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 3/16 × 1/4 in. (5.6 × 0.6 cm)

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Place depicted: Africa

Date: 1977

Description: Round pin-back button with black silhouette image of Africa at center. Button has red type set against a yellow background. Type reads, [AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY/MAY 28, 1977/"THE CORE OF THE/BLACK REVOLUTION/IS IN AFRICA!"/ALL AFRICAN PEOPLES/REVOLUTIONARY PARTY].

Topic: African American; Africa; African diaspora; Associations and institutions; Freedom; Politics (Practical)

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

Object number: 2013.201.1.13

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
Exhibition: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Pinback button promoting African Liberation Day

Manufactured by: Unidentified
Subject of: All-African People's Revolutionary Party, founded 1958
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: metal
Dimensions: Diameter: 1 3/4 × 7/16 in. (4.4 × 1.1 cm)

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Date: 1977

Description: Round pin-back button with green image of Africa set against a red background. Black type on front of button reads, [AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY/MAY 28, 1977/A-APRP].Round pin-back button with green image of Africa set against a red background. Black type on front of button reads, [AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY/MAY 28, 1977/A-APRP].

Topic: African American; Africa; African diaspora; Associations and institutions; Freedom; Politics (Practical)

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

Object number: 2013.201.1.14

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
Exhibition: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Pinback button promoting All-African People's Revolutionary Party

Manufactured by: Unidentified
Subject of: All-African People's Revolutionary Party, founded 1958
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: metal
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 1/4 × 3/8 in. (5.7 × 1 cm)

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Date: after 1958

Description: Round pin-back button featuring a black outline of Africa set against a yellow background. Yellow type appears within the Africa outline and reads, [ONE/UNIFIED/SOCIALIST/AFRICA]. Black type appears against a red circular border and reads, [ALL AFRICAN PEOPLES/REVOLUTIONARY PARTY].

Topic: African American; Africa; Associations and institutions; International affairs; Politics (Practical)

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

Object number: 2013.201.1.33

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

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Pinback button promoting All-African People's Revolutionary Party

Manufactured by: Unidentified
Subject of: All-African People's Revolutionary Party, founded 1958
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: metal
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 1/4 × 3/8 in. (5.7 × 1 cm)

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Date: after 1958

Description: Round pin-back button featuring black silhouette of Africa set against a white background. At the center of the Africa silhouette is white type that reads, [ONE/UNIFIED/SOCIALIST/AFRICA]. Black type circles the center image of Africa and reads, [ALL-AFRICAN PEOPLE'S/REVOLUTIONARY PARTY].

Topic: African American; Africa; African diaspora; International affairs; Politics (Practical)

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

Object number: 2013.201.1.34

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

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Pinback button promoting the ANC and a free South Africa

Published by: Fund for a Free South Africa, founded 1985
Subject of: African National Congress, South African, founded 1912
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: metal
Dimensions: Diameter: 1 1/2 × 1/4 in. (3.8 × 0.6 cm)

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Place depicted: South Africa, Africa

Date: after 1985

Description: Round, pin-back button featuring an image of a dove next to a green silhouette of South Africa. Button has black background and yellow type. Type reads, [A/N/C/FOR A FREE/SOUTH AFRICA!].

Topic: African American; Africa; Freedom; Justice; Politics (Practical)

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

Object number: 2013.201.1.41

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

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Urban Magazine December 1968

Published by: Urban Magazine Corporation of America, American
Subject of: Hobson, Julius W., American, 1922 - 1977
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: paper, ink, metal
Dimensions: H x W: 11 3/16 × 8 1/2 × 1/16 in. (28.4 × 21.6 × 0.2 cm)

Type: magazines (periodicals)

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

Date: 1968

Description: Urban Magazine, December 1968 featuring a large black and white illustration of Julius W. Hobson. Hobson is depicted from the chest up with a pipe in his mouth. The illustration shows Hobson looking at the viewer. Hobson wears a dark jacket, white shirt, and a tie. On Hobson's PR collar is the artist's signature, vertically oriented [by ART SCOTT]. The image is bordered in white and is on a black background. Across the lower right quadrant is a diagonal band of white with black text [SALUTE TO/BROTHER HOBSON]. At the top fourth, is the magazine title [Special Holiday Issue/URBAN/MAGAZINE]. To the right of the magazine title is a black and white illustration of an owl with black text below ["WE PRINT NEWS/NOT HISTORY"]. The owl is contained within a white rectangle. Along the bottom, in white, is the date and price [December 1968 25 ¢].

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

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

Object number: 2013.201.12

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials

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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

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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

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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

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The Pan-African Voice: One Hope, One Destiny, One Africa

Attributed to: Pan African Students Organization in the Americas, American, 1960 - 1977
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: paper, ink, metal
Dimensions: H x W: 8 9/16 × 7 1/8 × 1/4 in. (21.7 × 18.1 × 0.6 cm)

Type: journals (periodicals)

Date: 1968

Description: The Pan-African Voice journal, volume 2, August 1968 with a red cover. On the front cover is an outline of the continent of Africa. Within the continent is an illustration of a plant with roots. Pointing toward the plant are several arrows of differing lengths. There are ten (10) arrows in total. The arrows and the plant are printed in dark green. To the upper left of the plant in the West Africa portion of the continent is a graphic of two (2) hands shaking. At the top of the cover are two (2) lines of text with the publication title in black [THE PAN-AFRICAN VOICE/ONE HOPE, ONE DESTINY, ONE AFRICA]. In the upper right corner to the right of the title is the price, handwritten, in black ink [100]. Along the bottom of the front cover is additional text in a stylized text [Pan-African Students Organization in the Americas].

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

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

Object number: 2013.201.35

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials

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Perform Now Comrades

Printed by: Guyana National Printers Limited, Guyanese, founded 1939
Written by: Burnham, Forbes, Guyanese, 1923 - 1985
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: paper, ink, metal
Dimensions: H x W: 6 7/8 × 9 1/2 × 1/8 in. (17.5 × 24.1 × 0.3 cm)

Type: paperbacks

Place printed: Guyana, South America

Date: 1972

Description: Book of an address by Prime Minister Forbes Burnham, Leader of the People's National Congress at the 15th Annual Delegates' Congress on April 9, 1972. The book is paperback with a white cover. On the front are three (3) stripes of color in the middle, the first one green, the next one yellow, and the final one red. Within the stripes of color is white text, one word per stripe [PERFORM/NOW/COMRADES]. At the top, above the stripes in black text is the author's name [FORBES BURNHAM]. Along the bottom, below the stripes is additional black text [THE NATIONAL REVOLUTION IN GUYANA].

Topic: African American; African diaspora; International affairs; Politics (Practical)

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

Object number: 2013.201.37

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

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Walt Disney's Uncle Remus

Created by: The Walt Disney Company, American, founded 1923
Attributed to: Harris, Joel Chandler, American, 1845 - 1908
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: cardboard, vinyl, paper, ink
Dimensions: H x W (Cardboard Sleeve): 12 3/8 × 12 1/2 in. (31.4 × 31.8 cm); H x W (Paper Sleeve): 11 7/8 × 12 1/16 in. (30.2 × 30.6 cm); H x W (Index Card): 3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (8.9 × 14 cm); Diameter (Vinyl Record): 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm)

Type: long-playing records

Date: 1969

Description: Walt Disney's Uncle Remus featuring music from the soundtrack of "Song of the South." Record cover is yellow with color illustrations of the actor James Baskett, who played the Disney character Uncle Remus, as well as Brer Rabbit. Each character stands on a green field with stylized flowers. Surrounding the characters are butterflies. On the PR shoulder of Uncle Remus sits a blue bird with wings extended. At the top in the upper left corner is a logo for Disneyland Records. In the upper right corner is a number in black text [1205]. At the top in the upper fourth, is the title of the album. The first two (2) lines of text are in black, the third line, also of the largest font, is purple [All the Songs from/WALT DISNEY'S/Uncle Remus]. In the upper right quadrant, below the title, is a sample song list [Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah/Sooner or Later/Uncle Remus Said/How Do You Do/and others]. Along the bottom is a line of black text [Music from the Original Sound Track of Song of the South]. On the back are still images from the film, "Song of the South" as well as a small summary and song listing.

Topic: African American; Caricature and cartoons; Children; Film; Music; Stereotypes

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

Object number: 2013.201.3abc

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Classification: Media Arts-Audio Recordings

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Life Magazine Vol. 65 No. 21

Created by: Life Magazine, 1883 - 2007
Published by: Time Inc., American, founded 1922
Written by: Franklin, John Hope, American, 1915 - 2009; Butterfield, Roger, American, 1907 - 1981
Subject of: Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: paper, ink, metal
Dimensions: H x W: 13 3/4 × 10 7/16 × 3/8 in. (34.9 × 26.5 × 1 cm)

Type: magazines (periodicals)

Date: 1968

Description: A copy of Life Magazine from November 22, 1968. The cover of the magazine features an image of a photographic portrait of Frederick Douglass inside an ornamental gold and wooden frame set against a black background. At the top left is the LIFE title in white text against a rectangular red background. At center, in white text is [The Search / for a / BLACK PAST]. The issue is the first in a new series on "Negro History." The series is introduced on page 91 with the text [Here LIFE begins a new series which, taking a fresh look at Negro history, is an effort to place in proper perspective this richly significant segment of the American experience.]. The introduction is followed by an article written by John Hope Franklin titled "Rebels, Runaways and Heroes: The Bitter Years of Slavery." There are numerous illustrations, photographs, and artifacts featured. The magazine has 120 pages and the back cover is an advertisement for Pall Mall cigarettes.

Topic: African American; Education; Identity; Mass media; Race relations; Slavery; United States--History; United States--History--1961-1969

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

Object number: 2013.201.4

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials

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Pinback button promoting the Million Women March

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Poster for African Liberation Day

Pinback button promoting African Liberation Day

Pinback button promoting African Liberation Day

Pinback button promoting All-African People's Revolutionary Party

Pinback button promoting All-African People's Revolutionary Party

Pinback button promoting the ANC and a free South Africa

Urban Magazine December 1968

Liberator Vol. 8 No. 3

Pinback button promoting the Million Family March

Ramparts June 1967

African-American Consumer and Business Magazine

Riot .. or Black Revolution

Third World No. 9

The Pan-African Voice: One Hope, One Destiny, One Africa

Perform Now Comrades

Walt Disney's Uncle Remus

Life Magazine Vol. 65 No. 21

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