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  • "Answer Peekskill" campaign pin for Ben Davis

    Manufactured by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Davis, Benjamin Jefferson Jr., American, 1903 - 1964
    Date
    1940s
    Medium
    plastic on paper on metal
    Dimensions
    Diameter: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)
    Description
    Small round Ben Davis political button with a pin back. Red lettering on an off-white background reads "Answer Peekskill/ Re-Elect/ Ben Davis/ Vote A.L.P." emblem of the Allied Printing Trades Council (labor union) appears between the last two lines. The back is a simple metal stickpin; there is no catch for the pin. There are several small rust spots.
    Place purchased
    Gardner, Worchester County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Type
    buttons (information artifacts)
    Topic
    Politics
    Race relations
    United States History
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.207.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59489b034-f4fd-4a39-8c16-dbbb87f17c56
  • Ben Davis: Crusader for Negro Freedom & Socialism

    Published by
    New Outlook Publishers, American
    Written by
    Patterson, William L., American, 1891 - 1980
    Subject of
    Davis, Benjamin Jefferson Jr., American, 1903 - 1964
    Date
    1967
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.6 x 13.9 cm)
    Description
    A pamphlet about Ben Davis. The front cover has a brown and white image of Ben Davis' face on a red and pink background with white text. The interior of the pamphlet consists of forty-eight pages of text and images about Ben Davis. The back of the pamphlet features and advertisement for New Outlook Publishers.
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    pamphlets
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Mass media
    Politics
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
    Object number
    2010.55.52
    Restrictions & Rights
    © New Outlook Publishers. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b1e4029d-8cc0-42c6-8605-3b00c168ee85
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    Must Negro-Americans Wait Another Hundred Years for Freedom?: Against Tokenism and Gradualism

    Published by
    New Century Publishers, American
    Written by
    Davis, Benjamin Jefferson Jr., American, 1903 - 1964
    Date
    1963
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 7 11/16 x 5 5/16 in. (19.5 x 13.5 cm)
    Description
    A pamphlet written by Benjamin Davis. The front cover has black print and a series of vertical black bars on a gray background. The interior consists of fifteen pages of text. The back of the pamphlet has an advertisement for New Era Book & Sub Agency Publishers.
    Place printed
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    pamphlets
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Mass media
    Politics
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
    Object number
    2010.55.75
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52b79227d-8b4d-4587-9e05-fb789f28eeb9
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    The Negro People in the Struggle for Peace and Freedom

    Published by
    New Century Publishers, American
    Written by
    Davis, Benjamin Jefferson Jr., American, 1903 - 1964
    Subject of
    Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919
    Date
    1951
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 7 11/16 x 5 1/8 in. (19.5 x 13 cm)
    Description
    A pamphlet written by Benjamin J. Davis. The front cover contains white text on a gray background and a picture of Davis in the bottom left. The interior consists of twenty-three pages of a report to the 15th convention of the communist party. The back cover features an advertisement for New Century Publishers.
    Place made
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Type
    pamphlets
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Mass media
    Political organizations
    Politics
    U.S. History, 1945-1953
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
    Object number
    2010.55.12
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b6a0829f-2292-4b57-b076-b888a62cc804
  • The Path of Negro Liberation

    Published by
    New Century Publishers, American
    Written by
    Davis, Benjamin Jefferson Jr., American, 1903 - 1964
    Subject of
    Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919
    Date
    1947
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (19 x 13 cm)
    Description
    A pamphlet written by Benjamin J. Davis. The front cover consists of white and black text on a black and patterned background. The interior contains twenty-two pages. The back cover features an advertisement for New Century Publishers.
    Place made
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Type
    pamphlets
    Topic
    Mass media
    Political organizations
    Politics
    U.S. History, 1945-1953
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
    Object number
    2010.55.13
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57cd38dcd-764e-4923-ae9b-837e854a7ff0
  • The Road to Liberation for the Negro People

    Published by
    Workers Library Publishers, Inc., American, founded 1930
    Subject of
    Berry, A. W.
    Patterson, William L., American, 1891 - 1980
    Davis, Benjamin Jefferson Jr., American, 1903 - 1964
    Haywood, Harry, American, 1898 - 1985
    Winston, Henry, American, 1911 - 1986
    Ford, James W., American, 1893 - 1957
    Burroughs, Williana, American, 1882 - 1945
    Patterson, Louise Thompson, American, 1901 - 1999
    Herndon, Angelo Braxton, American, 1913 - 1997
    Taylor, William
    Careathers, Benjamin, American
    White, Maude
    Johnson, Manning R., American, 1908 - 1959
    Holmes, Timothy
    Moore, Richard B., Barbadian, 1893 - 1978
    Work, Merrill
    Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919
    Date
    1937
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 7 5/16 x 5 1/8 in. (18.5 x 13 cm)
    Description
    A pamphlet titled: [The Road to Liberation for the Negro People]. The front cover consists of black print on yellowed paper. At top, there is a drawing of two men walking a path up a hill towards the sun. The title and a list of communist party leaders fills the rest of the cover. [1¢] is printed in the bottom right corner. The interior has fifteen pages of text and a tear away section to fill out and join the Communist Party. The back cover has a subscription form for the Daily Worker.
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Type
    pamphlets
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Mass media
    Political organizations
    Politics
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
    Object number
    2010.55.24
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c50a44f9-41a6-48f0-a686-ec5f1a6c0e96
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    The Sub-Committee of Management and Counsel of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (1907-1908)

    Photograph by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, American, founded 1843
    Houston, William Lepre, American, 1870 - 1953
    Morris, Edward H., American, 1858 - 1943
    Parker, Louis N., American
    Needham, James Fields, American, 1848 - 1936
    Davis, Benjamin Jefferson Sr., American
    Lawrence, W. W., American
    Johnson, Julius C., American
    Shirley, A. T., American
    Created by
    Woodland, Thomas P., American
    Date
    January 16, 1908
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with wood, glass and metal
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (in frame): 18 3/4 × 23 1/2 × 15/16 in. (47.6 × 59.7 × 2.4 cm)
    H x W (photograph): 11 × 15 3/4 in. (27.9 × 40 cm)
    Description
    Photograph in mat and frame of [The Sub-Committee of Management and Counsel of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (1907-1908)]. The photograph features five man standing in back and five men seated in front with their hands in their laps. From the label on the back of the photograph in printed text, the men are identified as [Seated from left to right: / Edward H. Morris, Counsel, Chicago, Illinois / Louis N. Parker, Deputy Grand Master, Little Rock, Arkansas / William L. Houston, Grand Master, Washington, D.C. / James F. Needham , Grand Secretary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Benjamin J. Davis, Grand Treasurer, Atlanta, Georgia / Standing left to right: / W.W. Lawrence, Grand Director, New Bern, North Carolina / Julius C. Johnson, Grand Director, Jacksonville, Florida / A. T. Shirley, Grand Director, Herndon, Virginia / Thomas P. Woodland, Grand Director, New Orleans, Louisiana]. Houston is seated in the center in a more elaborate chair with scroll work decoration on the chair back and feet. All the men are wearing suit and ties except for the man seated on the left who is wearing a bow tie. The mat is white paper and has an inner border of ivory, brown, ivory, and white closest to the photograph.
    Place made
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Communities
    Fraternal organizations
    Men
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Hamilton Houston, Jr. and Dr. Rosemary Jagus
    Object number
    2018.59.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5aec789ba-212b-46d1-aed7-beb1b291d3bc
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