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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
    Date
    1968
    Medium
    metal and plastic
    Dimensions
    Diameter: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
    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].
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Type
    buttons (information artifacts)
    Topic
    Politics (Practical)
    U.S. 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53807d014-ec75-4ede-b901-ded27dd04e7b
  • 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
    Date
    September 16, 2011
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 02:03:09
    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
    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
    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Black Power (Black Pride)
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Topic
    Activism
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Civil rights
    Education
    Social reform
    U.S. History, 1945-1953
    U.S. History, 1953-1961
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    U.S. 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5acf315db-be3e-4cbe-aa25-a99d901b7178
  • 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
    Date
    1970
    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)
    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.
    Place depicted
    Algiers, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    portraits
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Photography
    Social reform
    U.S. 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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ac73b56d-f391-4910-bcff-f57249bfafba
  • FBI Wanted poster for Leroy Eldridge Cleaver

    Created by
    Federal Bureau of Investigation, American, founded 1908
    Subject of
    Cleaver, Eldridge, American, 1935 - 1998
    Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
    Signed by
    Hoover, J. Edgar, American, 1935 - 1972
    Date
    December 13, 1968
    On View
    Concourse 1, C1 053
    Exhibition
    A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 17 x 11 in. (43.2 x 27.9 cm)
    Description
    FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Wanted poster depicting four mug shot photos of the Black Panther leader, Eldridge Cleaver. Text at the top reads: [Wanted / By The / FBI / Interstate Flight - Assault With Intent To Commit Murder / Leroy Eldridge Cleaver / FBI No. 214,830 B]. The back of the poster is blank.
    Place depicted
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
    San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials
    Type
    broadsides
    Topic
    Black power
    Civil rights
    Law
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2011.117.12
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5476928e7-a5d8-412f-830e-a0347d3b55bd
  • Flier for an African American Resource Machine benefit with Eldridge Cleaver

    Illustrated by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Cleaver, Eldridge, American, 1935 - 1998
    African-American Resource Machine, American
    Artists' Television Access, American
    Date
    ca. 1990
    Medium
    ink on paper (fiber product)
    Dimensions
    H x W: 11 × 8 9/16 in. (28 × 21.7 cm)
    Description
    A flyer for a benefit hosted by the African-American Resource Machine advertising a presentation by Eldridge Cleaver. The flyer is mostly off-white with a black silhouette of a man dominating the center left side of the flyer. The top and bottom of the flyer have thick black bands with the name [ELDRIDGE] and [CLEAVER] writing in negative space, off-white text. There is a small red design in the black band in the top right corner. Printed vertically and along the right edge, and horizontally along the bottom edge, is repeating black text that reads [African-American Resource Machine]. Next to the silhouette, at the center right, is the benefit information printed in black text that reads [Saturday, / April 14 / Artist's Television Access 2pm / 992 Valencia St. / San Francisco / 824-3890 / BENEFIT: A A R M]. The ticket price is printed in black vertical text next to Cleaver’s last name, [$18]. There is a quote by Cleaver printed in negative space, off-white text over the shoulders of the silhouetted figure that reads: “The system is evil. It is criminal; it is / murderous. And it is in control. It is in / power. It is arrogant. It is crazy. And / it looks upon the people as its proper- / ty. So much so that cops, who are pub- / lic servants, feel justified in going onto / a school campus, and spraying Mace in / the faces of the people.” The back of the flyer is blank with two handwritten pencil inscriptions in the top left corner.
    Place used
    San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Type
    fliers (printed matter)
    Topic
    Activism
    Art
    Black power
    Politics (Practical)
    Race discrimination
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2019.22.10
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c3071672-810f-441c-8cf5-0b27d8cd31a6
  • 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
    Date
    1970
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 35 x 23 in. (88.9 x 58.4 cm)
    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].
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera
    Type
    posters
    Topic
    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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51652f2ff-3d12-448c-9a7e-3ae6ce28457a
  • Pinback button for the release of political prisoners

    Manufactured by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
    Jimenez, Jose Cha Cha, born 1948
    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, American, born 1931
    Johnson, Lee Otis
    Sostre, Martin, American, 1923 - 2015
    Rosen, Ben
    Ramos, Eli
    Robert F. Williams, American, 1925 - 1996
    Date
    1960s
    Medium
    metal, plastic, paper
    Dimensions
    Diameter: 1 7/16 × 3/16 in. (3.7 × 0.5 cm)
    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.
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Type
    buttons (information artifacts)
    Topic
    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
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d7b0577a-d978-4c11-8bc4-6a2d6a51e794
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