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  • Pioneers in Protest

    Produced by
    African Methodist Episcopal Church, American, founded 1816
    Owned by
    Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010
    Recorded by
    Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
    Wilkins, Roy, American, 1901 - 1981
    A. Philip Randolph Institute, American, founded 1965
    Bates, Daisy, American, 1914 - 1999
    Date
    1964
    Medium
    ink on paper and cardboard, vinyl
    Dimensions
    Record: 11 7/8 × 1/16 in. (30.2 × 0.2 cm)
    Cover: 12 3/8 × 12 3/8 × 1/8 in. (31.4 × 31.4 × 0.3 cm)
    Description
    Long-playing record and album cover featuring an illustration in black, white, yellow, and purple on the front cover. The illustration is of a group of marchers holding signs similar to those at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. At the top of the front cover is text in black and purple [The African Methodist Episcopal Church A CIVIL RIGHTS Documentary]. Below the line of text are two (2) columns in the upper half, above the illustration. Left column [PIONEERS/IN PROTEST/Added Commentaries by ROY WILKINS,/Executive Secretary, NAACP/A. PHILLIP RANDOLPH Pres. Brotherhood of Sleeping/Car Porters, Dean of Civil/Rights Activists./DAISEY BATES/Little Rock, Arkansas School/Protest Leader.]. Right column [presents Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR./Excerpts from his appearance at the 37th/GENERAL CONFERENCE, Cincinnati,/Ohio, May 1963./"APOSTLE OF FREEDOM" - The/RICHARD ALLEN Story. A Dramatic/Narration of Our Bethel's Beginning.]. The record feature a blue label on the front and back with white text throughout with the album name and tracks. Side One [THE/AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH/PIONEERS IN PROTEST/A CIVIL RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY/LONG PLAY AME 1A/SIDE 1/with/DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. - FREDERICK O'NEAL/Produced for the/RICHARD ALLEN FOUNDATION INC./(a non-profit Corporation)/by/JOHN D. SILVERA]. Side Two [THE/AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH/PIONEERS IN PROTEST/A CIVIL RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY/LONG PLAY AME 1B/SIDE 2/with/DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. - FREDERICK O'NEAL/Produced for the/RICHARD ALLEN FOUNDATION INC./(a non-profit Corporation)/by/JOHN D. SILVERA].
    Place captured
    Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Audio Recordings
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    record covers
    long-playing records
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Mass media
    Politics
    Religious groups
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.154.13ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5499ecaac-1f1e-4f07-a767-3a480d0aee35
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    Envelope for letter from H.W. Sewing for Daisy Bates Trust Fund

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Issued by
    Douglass State Bank, American, 1947 - 1983
    Signed by
    Sewing, Henry Warren, American, born 1891
    Subject of
    Rev. Stokes, Volley V. K., American, ca. 1889 - 1961
    Trinity Baptist Church, American, founded 1888
    Bates, Daisy, American, 1914 - 1999
    Rev. Henderson, I. H. Sr., American, died 1985
    Arkansas State Press, American, 1941 - 1959; 1984 - 1997
    Date
    Feb 17, 1960
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 4 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (10.6 × 24.1 cm)
    Caption
    Daisy Bates led the NAACP branch in Arkansas and was in charge of the Little Rock school integration. Bates worked to organize a safe integration process and mentored the first students, known as the Little Rock Nine. Due to intense protests, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent the Arkansas National Guard to ensure that the school integration could proceed. Protestors and advertisers boycotted the Arkansas State Press, an activist newspaper owned by Daisy and her husband Lucius Christopher Bates. The Bates suffered financial difficulties due to their outspoken integration efforts. The “Dollars for Daisy Bates Trust Fund” was set up to provide much needed funds to the Bates.
    Trigg Mary K. and Alison R. Bernstein, eds. Junctures in Women’s Leadership: Social Movements. New Brunswick: Rutgers, 2016.
    Description
    Envelope for a letter from the Dollars for Daisy Bates Trust Fund. The envelope has [D F Daisy / The DOUGLASS / STATE / BANK] in blank text in the upper left from Kansas City, Kansas. The center of the envelope has printed text which reads [Rev. V.K. Stokes / Trinity Baptist Church / 1526 McCullob [sic] St. / Baltimore, Md.]. There are three stamps in blue ink along the top, one for auto loans and two postage marks. The adhesive on the back envelope flap has yellowed.
    Place made
    Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
    Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials
    Type
    envelopes
    Topic
    Activism
    Business
    Civil rights
    Correspondence
    Journalism
    Religious groups
    Resistance
    U.S. History, 1953-1961
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Stokes/Washington Family
    Object number
    2017.14.5b
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd554227899-4c39-4184-829e-5758e0bb875e
  • Letter from H.W. Sewing for Daisy Bates Trust Fund

    Created by
    Sewing, Henry Warren, American, born 1891
    Subject of
    Douglass State Bank, American, 1947 - 1983
    Rev. Stokes, Volley V. K., American, ca. 1889 - 1961
    Trinity Baptist Church, American, founded 1888
    Bates, Daisy, American, 1914 - 1999
    Rev. Henderson, I. H. Sr., American, died 1985
    Signed by
    Sewing, Henry Warren, American, born 1891
    Subject of
    Arkansas State Press, American, 1941 - 1959; 1984 - 1997
    Date
    Feb 16, 1960
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 10 7/8 × 8 1/2 in. (27.6 × 21.6 cm)
    Caption
    Daisy Bates led the NAACP branch in Arkansas and was in charge of the Little Rock school integration. Bates worked to organize a safe integration process and mentored the first students, known as the Little Rock Nine. Due to intense protests, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent the Arkansas National Guard to ensure that the school integration could proceed. Protestors and advertisers boycotted the Arkansas State Press, an activist newspaper owned by Daisy and her husband Lucius Christopher Bates. The Bates suffered financial difficulties due to their outspoken integration efforts. The “Dollars for Daisy Bates Trust Fund” was set up to provide much needed funds to the Bates.
    Trigg Mary K. and Alison R. Bernstein, eds. Junctures in Women’s Leadership: Social Movements. New Brunswick: Rutgers, 2016.
    Description
    Letter from the Dollars for Daisy Bates Trust Fund. The letter is printed in black ink on Douglass State Bank letterhead. It is addressed to Rev. V. K. stokes and begins [Dear Brother Pastor: / Doubtless, you have already read some of the many news releases concerning the nation-wide effort to give assistance to Daisy Bates and her husband to liquidate heavy indebtedness, due to the forced closing down of their newspaper business]. The letter requests contributions before the end of the fundraising campaign for the Daisy Bates Trust Fund. H.W. Sewing, Treasurer of the Fund and President of the Douglass State Bank, signed the letter. There is a postscript at the bottom of the page which begins [P.S.- Rev. Stokes: Will you stress the courage of Mrs. Bates and ask your members if we as Negroes should let these freedom fighters lose all they have fighting in Little Rock for first class citizenship for the Negro?...]. The paper has a Douglass State Bank watermark. The reverse is blank.
    Place made
    Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
    Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials
    Type
    letters (correspondence)
    Topic
    Activism
    Business
    Civil rights
    Correspondence
    Journalism
    Religious groups
    Resistance
    U.S. History, 1953-1961
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Stokes/Washington Family
    Object number
    2017.14.5a
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c0893da1-e302-41c6-a543-c6305b984b80
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    Political card antagonizing candidates favoring integration

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Bates, Daisy, American, 1914 - 1999
    Ted Lamb, 1927 - 1984
    Tucker, Everett
    Matson, Russell
    Date
    1959
    On View
    Concourse 2, C 2053
    Exhibition
    Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 2 × 3 1/2 in. (5.1 × 8.9 cm)
    Description
    White card with black printed text aligned at the center. Names are in bold. It reads [DAISY has a little LAMB / Whose face is white as snow, / Everywhere DAISY goes, / LAMB, TUCKER, and MATSON / are sure to go.]
    Place depicted
    Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Type
    cards
    Topic
    Education
    Segregation
    U.S. History, 1953-1961
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.46.13.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54f234bd2-2097-40b7-b64a-4db6b1721d82
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    Mimeograph sheet with segregationist language

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Bates, Daisy, American, 1914 - 1999
    Date
    1957-1959
    On View
    Concourse 2, C 2053
    Exhibition
    Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 2 15/16 × 5 in. (7.5 × 12.7 cm)
    Description
    Small mimeographed flyer. Black ink on soiled white paper. It features a drawing of Little Rock Central High School and the text [CENTRAL HIGH REFORMATORY / BROTHERHOOD BY SUSPENSION! / SCHOOL OF ONE BLOSSOM, AND IT’S A / DAISY] Discolored throughout. Edge wear throughout, with tears and loss. Two small holes at bottom right.
    Place depicted
    Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Type
    mimeograph copies
    Topic
    Education
    Segregation
    U.S. History, 1953-1961
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.46.13.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f37c80f9-66d9-430f-ac6c-97dac3aea093
  • Photograph of seven of the Little Rock Nine meeting at the home of Daisy Bates

    Photograph by
    Samuels, Gertrude, British American, 1910 - 2003
    Published by
    The New York Times, American, founded 1851
    Subject of
    Patillo Beals, Melba, American, born 1941
    LaNier, Carlotta Walls, American, born 1942
    Thomas, Jefferson, American, 1942 - 2010
    Eckford, Elizabeth, American, born 1941
    Mothershed-Wair, Thelma, American, born 1940
    Roberts, Terrence, American, born 1941
    Ray Karlmark, Gloria Cecelia, American, born 1942
    Bates, Daisy, American, 1914 - 1999
    Little Rock Central High School, American, founded 1927
    Date
    March 1958
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 8 3/8 × 9 15/16 in. (21.3 × 25.2 cm)
    Description
    This black-and-white photograph depicts seven of the Little Rock Nine, from left to right, Melba Patillo, Carlotta Walls, Jefferson Tomas, Elizabeth Eckford, Thelma Mothershed, Terrence Roberts and Gloria Ray, meeting at the home of Daisy Bates, a local NAACP leader. The seven are gathered around a table with books.
    Place depicted
    Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Education
    Photography
    Segregation
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elmer J. Whiting, III
    Object number
    2011.17.201
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Gertrude Samuels
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54ae8a80a-f5a9-47ec-b2c6-fb6f3404216d
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