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Photograph of Waldo C. Falkener, Sr. and two unidentified men at Bennett College
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Falkener, Waldo Carroll Sr., American, 1902 - 1992
- Bennett College, American, founded 1873
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- March 15, 1947
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 4 15/16 × 3 9/16 in. (12.6 × 9.1 cm)
- H x W (Image): 4 9/16 × 3 1/16 in. (11.6 × 7.8 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of three men wearing suits, ties, fedoras and overcoats standing in front of a brick building, Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel, Bennett College, Greensboro, NC. The man standing in the center is Waldo C. Falkener, Sr. Behind the men is a white door with the last two words [PFEIFER CHAPEL] visible over the transom window of the door. The two men on the left are wearing double breasted suits. Waldo C. Falkener and the man standing to his left have mustaches. A handwritten note on the back in black ink identifies the location and date.
- Place depicted
- Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme
- Object number
- 2014.94.15
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Academic cap worn by Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole at Bennett College
- Designed by
- Nicholson, Barbara, American
- Worn by
- Dr. Cole, Johnnetta Betsch, American, born 1936
- Subject of
- Bennett College, American, founded 1873
- Date
- 2003
- Medium
- synthetic fiber, elastic, and tassels
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 9 × 10 1/4 × 10 3/8 in. (22.9 × 26 × 26.4 cm)
- Description
- A blue and gold soft academic cap from Bennett College worn by Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole. The cap has a stiff square top that is covered in a bright blue synthetic fabric. A wide strip of blue, black, and gold striped woven tape is attached diagonally across the top. A circular opening at the center of the bottom side of the mortarboard is surrounded by a panel of the blue synthetic fabric and a black, gold, and blue woven tape in a scrollwork pattern, with elastic inside it to secure the cap to the head. Inside. Two gold tassels are looped around a blue button at the center of the top of the cap.
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- Type
- caps (headgear)
- Topic
- African diaspora
- Clothing and dress
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Johnnetta Betsch Cole
- Object number
- 2015.209.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Academic robe worn by Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole at Bennett College
- Designed by
- Nicholson, Barbara, American
- Worn by
- Dr. Cole, Johnnetta Betsch, American, born 1936
- Subject of
- Bennett College, American, founded 1873
- Date
- 2003
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- synthetic fiber, cowrie shells, paint, metal zipper, tassels, and Velcro (TM)
- Dimensions
- H x W (flat): 56 1/2 × 39 1/2 in. (143.5 × 100.3 cm)
- Description
- An academic robe in blue and gold from Bennett College worn by Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole with custom designs by Barbara Nicholson. The robe is made from a blue synthetic fabric with the hem and the central front opening trimmed in a wide blue, gold, and black woven striped tape. There are three (3) stripes of a black, gold, and blue woven tape with a scrollwork design on each sleeve. Adinkra symbols are hand painted in gold at the center front neck, on each cuff, and four (4) around the bottom. Excerpts from poems by Maya Angelou are also hand painted in gold around the bottom of the robe. The robe closes at the center front with a metal zipper trimmed with a gold tassel at the top and bottom of the zipper. The cuffs close with blue Velcro. A cowrie shell is hand sewn at the upper seam of the proper left cuff above the gold painted symbol. Two (2) additional cowrie shells are hand sewn along the center back pleat of the robe. A blue twisted cord extends from the center back neck and loops around a blue plastic button to secure an academic hood to the robe.
- Place used
- Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- Type
- robes
- Topic
- African diaspora
- Clothing and dress
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Johnnetta Betsch Cole
- Object number
- 2015.209.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Academic cap worn by Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole at Bennett College
- Designed by
- Nicholson, Barbara, American
- Worn by
- Dr. Cole, Johnnetta Betsch, American, born 1936
- Subject of
- Bennett College, American, founded 1873
- Date
- 2003
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- synthetic fiber, cardboard, elastic, and tassels
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 11 1/2 × 13 × 13 in. (29.2 × 33 × 33 cm)
- Description
- A blue and gold mortarboard cap from Bennett College worn by Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole. The cap has a stiff square top that is covered in a bright blue synthetic fabric. A wide strip of blue, black, and gold striped woven tape is attached diagonally across the top. An excerpt from the poem "Still I Rise" (1978) by Maya Angelou reading "Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear / I rise / Maya Angelou" is printed in gold beneath the woven band. The cap is trimmed with black, gold, and blue woven tape in a scrollwork pattern, with the tape wrapping around the top and the bottom edges of the mortarboard. A circular opening at the center of the bottom side of the mortarboard is surrounded by a panel of the blue synthetic fabric and the same woven tape used to trim the mortarboard, with elastic inside it to secure the mortarboard to the head. Inside the opening is handwritten text in gold puff paint reading "October 11th / 2003". Two gold tassels are looped around a blue button at the center of the top of the mortarboard and then through a thread loop on the edge of the mortarboard.
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- Type
- mortarboards
- Topic
- African diaspora
- Clothing and dress
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Johnnetta Betsch Cole
- Object number
- 2015.209.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Esther M.A. Terry, Ph. D. Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Terry, Esther M. A. Ph. D., American, born 1939
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Bennett College, American, founded 1873
- F. W. Woolworth Company, American, 1879 - 1997
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, American, founded 1890
- Player, Willa Beatrice, American, 1909 - 2003
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, American, founded 1789
- University of Massachusets Amherst, American, founded 1863
- Date
- July 6, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:16:28
- Description
- The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.28.1a, 2011.174.28.1b, 2011.174.28.1c, 2011.174.28.1d, 2011.174.28.1e, 2011.174.28.1f, 2011.174.28.1g, 2011.174.28.1h, 2011.174.28.1i, 2011.174.28.1j.
- Esther M. A. Terry Ph.D. remembers growing up in Wise, North Carolina, and attending Bennett College. She recalls planning the Greensboro Woolworth's sit-in with students from the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina (later North Carolina A &T University), being arrested for her participation, and the support of the Bennett College President, Dr. Willa Player. She also discusses attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for her master's degree, and founding the African American Studies program at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst campus), where she earned her Ph.D. and taught for many years.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0028
- Place collected
- Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Wise, Warren County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Resistance
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1953-1961
- 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
- 2011.174.28.1a-j
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress