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Pinback button for Eldridge Cleaver's presidential campaign

Created by: Unidentified
Subject of: Cleaver, Eldridge, American, 1935 - 1998; Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982

Medium: metal and plastic
Dimensions: Diameter: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Date: 1968

Description: A gold-colored pinback button with an image of Eldridge Cleaver on the left side. To the right of the image, text reads: [Cleaver For President].

Topic: African American; Politics (Practical); United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.

Object number: 2011.159.3.64

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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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

Kathleen Cleaver, Ph. D. Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Cleaver, Kathleen Ph. D., American, born 1945
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s; Cleaver, Eldridge, American, 1935 - 1998; Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:03:09

Type: video recordings; oral histories; digital media - born digital

Place collected: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America; India, Asia; Philippines, Asia

Date: September 16, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.51.1a, 2011.174.51.1b, 2011.174.51.1c, 2011.174.51.1d, 2011.174.51.1e, 2011.174.51.1f, 2011.174.51.1g, 2011.174.51.1h, 2011.174.51.1i, and 2011.174.51.1j.; Kathleen Cleaver, Ph. D. recalls growing up in Tuskegee, Alabama, India, and the Philippines while her father worked for the Foreign Service. She remembers dropping out of college to work for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) as a secretary, and witnessing the dissolution of that organization. She discusses meeting her former husband, Eldridge Cleaver, joining the Black Panther Party, and organizing against police brutality.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp005

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil rights; Education; Social reform; United States--History--1945-1953; United States--History--1953-1961; United States--History--1961-1969; 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: 2011.174.51.1a-j

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

Eldridge Cleaver and His Wife, Kathleen, in Exile

Created by: Parks, Gordon, American, 1912 - 2006
Subject of: Cleaver, Eldridge, American, 1935 - 1998; Cleaver, Kathleen Ph. D., American, born 1945; Dr. Newton, Huey P., American, 1942 - 1989

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (24.1 x 17.1 cm); H x W (Image and Sheet): 9 15/16 x 8 in. (25.2 x 20.3 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Algiers, Algeria, North Africa, Africa

Date: 1970

Description: A black-and-white photograph of Leroy Eldridge Cleaver with his wife Kathleen, and a portrait of Huey Newton on the wall above his head. Kathleen has her arm draped over Eldridge Cleaver’s shoulder and is seated on his lap or on the arm of his chair or couch.

Topic: African American; Civil rights; Photography; Social reform; United States--History--1969-2001

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

Object number: 2012.107.26

Restrictions & Rights: © Gordon Parks Foundation. Permission required for use.

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Poster featuring Angela Davis, Eldridge Cleaver, and H. Rap Brown

Created by: Unidentified Man or Men
Subject of: Cleaver, Eldridge, American, 1935 - 1998; Davis, Angela, American, born 1944; Al-Amin, Jamil Abdullah, American, born 1943; Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 35 x 23 in. (88.9 x 58.4 cm)

Type: posters

Date: 1970

Description: Monochrome poster, unmounted, featuring illustrations of three Black Panther Party members, H. Rap Brown, Eldridge Cleaver, and Angela Davis. The poster declares "WANTED," "FAITH, BEAUTY, INTEGRITY" with the reward listed as "LOVE-PEACE-HAPPINESS." The artist's signature is in the lower right corner and is listed as [Mohamed K].

Topic: African American; Activism; Black power; Justice; Social reform

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

Object number: 2012.26.3

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera

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Pinback button for the release of political prisoners

Manufactured by: Unidentified
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Jimenez, Jose Cha Cha; Cleaver, Eldridge, American, 1935 - 1998; Dr. Newton, Huey P., American, 1942 - 1989; Seale, Bobby, American, born 1936; Huggins, Ericka, American, born 1948; Shakur, Afeni, American, 1947 - 2016; Sinclair, John, American, born 1941; Evans, Ahmed; Johnson, Lee Otis; Sostre, Martin, American, 1923 - 2015; Rosen, Ben; Ramos, Eli; William, Robert F., American, 1925 - 1996

Medium: metal, plastic, paper
Dimensions: Diameter: 1 7/16 × 3/16 in. (3.7 × 0.5 cm)

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Date: 20th century

Description: A round, yellow, pin back button with central black text over top of red text. The black text reads: [FREE ALL / POLITICAL / PRISONERS]. Red text in the background reads: [Ahmed Evans / Bobby Seale - Cleaver / Lee Otis Johnson / Erika Huggins - Catonsville 9 / Cha Cha Jimenez - Eli Ramos / Milwaukee 14 - Priest Haven 9 / Martin Sostre - Panther 21 - Huey / Conspiracy 7 - Ron Rosen / Bob Williams / Las Siete - Presidio 27 / Sam Melville/Buffalo 9]. Along the bottom additional red text reads: [Radical Defense Fund]. The back of the pin has a fastener without a clasp.

Topic: African American; Justice; Political organizations; Politics (Practical)

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

Object number: 2014.109.7.8

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

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